Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Spain’s war on drugs in numbers: How almost 20,000 people have been arrested in the Campo de Gibraltar with TONNES of hashish, cocaine and other drugs seized since 2018

SPAIN’S position as a narco gateway into Europe has come under the spotlight again with the latest release of staggering arrest and seizure figures. Over

12 Feb, 2024 @ 12:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PICTURED: Narco boss Kiko ‘the goat’ who ‘killed two police officers’ in Spain’s Cadiz as part of a ‘revenge attack’

THE infamous Gibraltar Strait hash smuggler who killed two Guardia Civil officers by ramming them with a ‘narco launcher’ has been pictured. Francisco Javier MP,

12 Feb, 2024 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Eight arrests in Spain’s Cadiz province after two civil guards killed during a boat chase with drug gangs

A TOTAL of eight arrests have been made in Spain’s Cadiz province after two civil guards were killed on Friday night when their speedboat was

11 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

Boy, 14, who learned to drive via social media tutorials is chased by cops during a joy ride on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 14-year-old boy who learned to drive in social media tutorials led police on a high speed chase in the Alicante area. With no licence,

11 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

PICTURED: Police officers and fathers ‘killed by drug traffickers in Cadiz’ – as furious Guardia Civil leaders demand the resignation of Spain’s Interior Minister

THESE are the two Guardia Civil officers who were last night killed when their patrol boat was rammed by a ‘narco launcher’ in southern Spain.

10 Feb, 2024 @ 13:16

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

REVEALED: The free hunting trips and VIP football seats behind a €180 MILLION Guardia Civil ‘corruption scheme’ that spanned 20 years

A GUARDIA Civil department is under investigation for allegedly colluding with a ‘cartel’ of suppliers in a €180 million corruption scheme. Some six officers are

10 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

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WATCH: Locals cheer as a ‘narco launcher’ evades police in rough waters off southern Spain – moments before vessel ‘kills two Guardia Civil officers’

TWO Guardia Civil officers have been killed after their patrol boat was rammed by a so-called narco launcher. The deadly incident occured on Friday night

9 Feb, 2024 @ 21:17

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Revealed: How a narco gang sent marijuana from Marbella to the UK in frozen broccoli and cauliflower shipments

ALMOST two tonnes of hashish destined for the United Kingdom have been seized in a raid on a sophisticated smuggling gang operating out of the

9 Feb, 2024 @ 21:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News·Sevilla

PICTURED: Mother, 48, who was ‘killed by the teenage sons she adopted from Russia’ – as youngest suspect, 13, will face no charges

THE identity of the mother allegedly murdered by her teenage sons in northern Spain has been revealed. Silvia Lopez, 48, was found with stab wounds

9 Feb, 2024 @ 11:16

Cantabria·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Dani Alves sobs in court: Footballer, 40, denies raping a woman in Spain

FORMER Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves has denied raping a young woman in an exclusive Spanish nightclub after testifying on the final day of

8 Feb, 2024 @ 10:23

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Who is the ‘serial killer’ wanted in Spain? All we know about ‘The Orchard Killer’ – as details of his three victims emerge

A SUSPECTED serial killer is being investigated in Spain following the grisly deaths of three farmers over a three-month period. The alleged murders took place

8 Feb, 2024 @ 10:18

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Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables

A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,

8 Feb, 2024 @ 09:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

'Very jealous' man locked up girlfriend before going to work in Pontevedra area of Spain

Man ‘murders mother-of-two partner’ before ‘driving 95km to a brothel’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN has been arrested in a Costa Blanca brothel for killing his girlfriend on Monday at their L’Alfas del Pi home. Juan Vicente A.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

PICTURED: Albanian ‘kingpin’, 48, who ‘tried to smuggle cocaine into Spain’s Costa del Sol by hiding three tonnes of the drug in BANANA shipments from Ecuador’ – as police make 30 arrests

YET another international drug trafficking cartel operating between the Costa del Sol and Ecuador has been smashed in a ‘mega operation’ that intercepted 3.2 tonnes

7 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Homeless attacker ‘stones a man to death’ and leaves another in critical condition in shocking assault in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN has been arrested for clubbing another homeless person to death with a rock close to Valencia’s bus station. A second male victim- also

7 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for 'defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of thousands of euros'

Spain’s police make 65 arrests in bust of cybercrime gang using the ’Hi Mum!” scam

IT is a scam that is being used around the world, and that can catch out even the most vigilant citizen. Known as “Hi Mum!”,

7 Feb, 2024 @ 10:20

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Italian mafia captain detained in Granada

‘Dangerous’ Italian mafia captain Gianluigi Troiano arrested in Spain’s Granada, after his boss was picked up in France

A ‘DANGEROUS’ Italian mafia captain has been arrested in Spain’s Granada province, as the result of a joint operation by the Guardia Civil, Interpol and

7 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Is a serial killer at work in Spain? Three farmers are found dead in very similar circumstances over a three-month period

THE mysterious deaths of three farmers in the Spanish countryside has raised suspicions among police investigators that there may be a serial killer at work

6 Feb, 2024 @ 14:34

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra·Other News

Gone in 60 seconds: Spain’s National Police bust Bulgarian gang that could steal cars in less than a minute

IT may sound like the plot of a Nicolas Cage movie, but Spain’s National Police have managed to bust a real-life gang of Bulgarian origin

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:27

Crime & Law·Other News

Trial for ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves begins in Spain: Footballer is accused of raping a woman, 23, in a nightclub

FORMER Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves has appeared in court this Monday, January 5, charged with the rape of a woman, 23, in a

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:08

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Top customs official arrested for ‘audacious cocaine smuggling scheme’ at a port on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Drug traffickers ‘controlled inspections for year and a half’

A MALAGA customs chief was the ‘inside man’ in an audacious scheme that saw cocaine traffickers manning the port’s container inspections. The head of the

5 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Property fraudsters who swindled dozens of British families in southern Spain LOSE appeals against their jail terms

MURCIA’S Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by two men behind the Trampolin Hills housing development who were convicted of fraud in November 2021.

5 Feb, 2024 @ 13:39

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Woman straps 15 bales of hashish to her body before attempting to fly from Melilla to Spain’s Costa del Sol

A WOMAN with 15 packs of hashish strapped around her body has been arrested in the North African enclave of Melilla. The Policia Nacional detained

5 Feb, 2024 @ 10:37

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Thieves Blow Up Atm To Steal €40,000 From Valencia Area Of Spain

Spain’s National Police bust gang using ‘homemade explosive devices’ to blow open cash machines

THE National Police have busted a gang that was using the so-called ‘pizza slide’ technique to steal money from cash machines, and that involved cracking

4 Feb, 2024 @ 11:23

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Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a French expat, 32, in Marbella: Man’s car was found unlocked, with windows down and keys in the ignition

MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of a French expat who vanished from Marbella in December last year. The alarm was first raised when the family of

4 Feb, 2024 @ 09:50

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

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