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Two people jailed in Spain for busting sanctions by exporting equipment to Russia

Violent criminal with multiple arrests is charged with attempted nightclub killing in Spain’s Valencia

A HABITUAL criminal who stabbed a man four times in a Valencia nightclub has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 38-year-old Spaniard had over

27 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

UPDATE: Two dead in Madrid after being hit by a car escaping Guardia Civil in high-speed pursuit

Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city centre

27 Apr, 2023 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Woman’s skeletal remains found next to suitcase at luxury golf resort in Spain’s Andalucia

A GARDENER has discovered the skeletal remains of a human body next to a suitcase in Benahavis in Malaga province. The worker raised the alarm

27 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Suspect in deadly Algeciras church attack told police he had been ‘chosen’ by Allah

THE SUSPECTED jihadist who killed a church assistant and injured several others in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras in January told police officers that

27 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Time Runs Out For Fake Watch Distribution Gang On Spain's Costa Blanca

Time runs out for fake luxury watch distribution gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DISTRIBUTION network involving thousands of fake watches imitating high-end brands has been broken up by the Policia Nacional. The bogus timepieces were dispatched right

26 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Drug mule, 76, is among three passengers arrested for ‘trying to smuggle 200kg of cocaine into Madrid airport’

Drugs in plane sight: Ex-airport worker at Spain’s Barajas thought to have earned €24m from drug trafficking

SPAIN’S High Court is investigating a former employee at Madrid’s Barajas Airport who is alleged to have amassed a €24 million fortune from trafficking drugs

26 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police detail 82 Ceuta gang members after Friday arrest of their leader in Spain’s Andalusia

POLICE have arrested 82 people alleged to be part of one of the biggest drug trafficking gangs in Spain’s Ceuta. Policia Nacional agents arrested the

26 Apr, 2023 @ 09:14

Crime & Law·Other News

Police arrest Bulgarian man for mystery death of woman who fell from his balcony in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE in Spain’s Andalucia have arrested a man they suspect murdered a woman who fell to her death from the sixth floor of a Malaga

26 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

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

Drinking alcohol is no grounds for work dismissal says top Murcia court in landmark ruling in Spain

MURCIA’S Supreme Court has ruled that drinking three litres of beer in a day is not sufficient grounds on its own for dismissing an employee.

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls

SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making narcotics

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘Very violent’ Ceuta drug lord arrested in remote Costa del Sol town of Manilva

ONE of Ceuta’s most notorious narco kings has been arrested in the sleepy Costa del Sol town of Manilva. Piolin, the leader of one of

24 Apr, 2023 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca

A FRAUDSTER has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca accused of the misappropriation of over €100 million through a crypto scam. The Spaniard, 60, is

24 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

‘Hugging robber’ jailed at last after multiple offences on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FEMALE thief who ‘hugged’ victims in a tight embrace was caught red-handed trying to steal from an elderly man in a Costa Blanca golf

24 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police Catch Child Gang Who Stole Electric Scooters In Spain's Benidorm

Police catch child gang stealing electric scooters in Spain’s Benidorm

A GANG of child thieves have been arrested for stealing electric scooters parked close to a Benidorm sports centre. Police received reports from scooter owners

24 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

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

Motorcycle gang from Naples mugging people of luxury watches in Spain’s Marbella no more after police make arrests

THE streets of Marbella are safer to walk whilst wearing a Rolex after police busted a motorcycle gang targeting people wearing high-end watches. The gang,

24 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man Shot In Marbella Two Sentenced To 5 Years Audiencia De Malaga

Two men jailed for shooting another man in the head in Marbella

Two men have been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to kill another man by shooting him in the jaw in Marbella. It

24 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

British Man Given Conditional Bail Over Doorman Death At Towie Star Elliot Wright's Restaurant In Spain's Andalucia

Judge bails suspect in TOWIE star’s doorman death on the Costa del Sol who is part of British hit squad already on bail for attempted murder

A BRITISH man who was arrested over the death of a bouncer at former TOWIE star Elliott Wright’s Costa del Sol restaurant is thought to

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over six

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police shut down drugs den operating next to children’s playground on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a drugs den in the centre of Guardamar del Segura which operated a few metres away from a children’s

21 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Train taggers given prison sentence and fines in Mallorca

TWO men aged 30 and 31 face jail sentences of two years for spray painting graffiti and ‘tags’ on a train in Marratxi. The duo

20 Apr, 2023 @ 20:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Other News

British man gets conditional bail over doorman death at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s restaurant in Spain’s Andalucia

A BRITISH man has been granted conditional bail after being arrested in connection with the death of a doorman at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s Mijas

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:20

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Man arrested after throwing bicycle at shop owner in Palma de Mallorca

A 35-year-old Moroccan was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at the owner of an internet cafe in Palma’s Pere Garau neighbourhood around 8pm on

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:58

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brit Faces 14 Years Behind Bars If Convicted Of 2020 Pedestrian Crossing Killing In Spain's Andalucia

British expat faces 14 years in prison if convicted of killing teenager in road rage row in Spain’s Andalucia

PROSECUTORS want extradited British boxer Lewis Harry Briggs jailed for 14 years if he’s found guilty of stabbing a teenager to death in Estepona in

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:42

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Graffiti Vandal Gets Stung With Big Penalty For Daubing Historic Train Station In Spain's Mallorca

Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca’s historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage. The station

20 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Habitual Criminal Breaches Palma Restraining Order In Spain's Mallorca

Habitual criminal breaches restraining order banning him from Palma in Spain’s Mallorca

A HABITUAL criminal, who was banned from entering Palma, breached the restraining order after just five days to steal a pair of trainers. 46-year-old Bartolome

20 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Drunk And Angry Amazon Delivery Driver Deliberately Smashes Into Valencia Area Police Car In Spain

Angry Amazon delivery driver in booze-fuelled revenge ramming of Valencia police car in Spain

A 26-YEAR-OLD Amazon delivery driver deliberately drove his van into a parked Valencia police car because he was angry for being penalised for using his

19 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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