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Two men and a girlfriend arrested for kidnapping and torture over missing drugs and weapon stash in Spain’s Malaga

Three people have been arrested for kidnapping and torturing two men for four hours over a missing stash of drugs and weapons. The two victims

27 Feb, 2023 @ 19:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Drug lord wanted by UK police finally arrested in Spain

A UK drug lord wanted over smuggling cocaine, ketamine, heroin and cannabis into the country has been arrested in Spain. Policia Nacional agents arrested the

27 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Pharmacist Gets Cheap Medicine For Illegal Sale By Cloning Health Cards In Spain's Alicante Area

Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area

A pharmacist, 39, in the Cocentaina area of Alicante province has been arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medicines and selling them off to elderly customers.

27 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British woman dies after pit bull dog attack on road in Spain's Valencia

British expat dies after being ravaged by pit bull dog on road in Spain’s Valencia

A British woman, 67, died in Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Saturday after being attacked by a pit bull dog that she took into safe-keeping

27 Feb, 2023 @ 12:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in psychiatric unit of Valencia hospital

Men brandishing weapons threaten to kill doctors at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital in Spain

TWO brothers walked into Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Wednesday and shouted that they were ‘going to kill the doctors’. One of the Spaniards brandished

24 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal Weapons Factory Closed Down And 79 Guns Seized In Alicante Area Of Spain

Illegal weapons factory closed down with 79 guns seized in Alicante area of Spain

AN illegal weapons manufacturer has been shut down by the Guardia Civil in Alicante province. Officers raided a workshop in Hondon de las Nieves and

24 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca people smuggling gang charged €5,000 for dangerous boat journey to Spain

THE Policia Nacional has arrested a Costa Blanca gang that ran dangerous boat journeys for illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. At least 88 people

24 Feb, 2023 @ 11:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

150 Police Officers Bust Large Costa Blanca Drugs Gang That Sent Marijuana From Spain To The Uk

150 police officers bust Costa Blanca drugs gang exporting marijuana from Spain to the UK

SIMULTANEOUS Guardia Civil raids early on Tuesday morning involving 150 officers have brought down a Teulada-Moraira gang that exported marijuana to the United Kingdom 17

23 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

Mass arrests in Spain’s Malaga over fraudulent residency applications for British nationals including criminals

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 47 people in the Marbella area over scams involving British citizens applying for Spanish residency in 2021 before a Brexit

23 Feb, 2023 @ 14:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Robbers who stole Rolex watch from elderly man on Mallorca street in Spain are caught by police

TWO members of a Mallorca robbery gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Palma and Barcelona, with a third person still at large.

23 Feb, 2023 @ 13:03

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two thieves jailed for 14 years after committing four robberies in a day in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO Mallorca robbers have been jailed for 14 years after staging four hold-ups in less than a day in April 2022. The men- with a

23 Feb, 2023 @ 11:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’

SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’. The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during

22 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

New evidence emerges in murder case of high-profile Brit killer Kenneth Noye

Police may reopen an investigation into how the UK’s ‘Public Enemy No 1’ was easily able to escape and live in Spain for two years.

22 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

8 arrested for defrauding 73-year old pensioner

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

POLICE in Malaga have arrested 8 people for defrauding a 73-year old man of €58,210 who subsequently took his own life last year. Three have

22 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Ibiza-bound smuggler hides big drugs stash in car bumper on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A drug-smuggler’s cunning plan failed after the Guardia Civil discovered a big stash of hashish in his car’s back bumper, as he was about to

22 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Valencian Community

Father of daughters slain in ‘honour killings’ is arrested in Spain’s Barcelona area

A man suspected of being involved in the ‘honour killing’ of his two daughters when they were visiting Pakistan, has been arrested in Terrassa on

22 Feb, 2023 @ 12:35

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Wanted terrorist is arrested at a hotel in Spain’s Benidorm

Dishonest Benidorm and Alicante employees flushed out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 31-year-old gaming saloon worker in Benidorm stole €18,992 from her employer and shoved most of it back into the establishment’s machines. The saloon owner

22 Feb, 2023 @ 11:57

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

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Woman in Madrid arrested after leaving four-year-old daughter alone at night to go to work

A WOMAN has been arrested by police in Madrid after leaving her four-year-old daughter home alone at night so that she could go to work.

21 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Travelling Thieves Steal 51 Phones During Big Event On Spain's Costa Blanca

Travelling thieves steal dozens of phones during big event on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO travelling thieves stole dozens of mobile phones from people enjoying last weekend’s Alicante Carnival celebrations. The men, aged 20 and 35, kept a notebook

21 Feb, 2023 @ 15:17

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

Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves stays behind bars before rape trial in Spain

Ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves remains behind bars before rape trial in Spain

FORMER Barcelona footballer Dani Alves will remain in prison ahead of his trial on alleged rape charges. Alves, 39, lost an appeal to be released

21 Feb, 2023 @ 11:02

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Grand theft auto: Fleet of stolen luxury American cars hidden in shipping containers discovered in Spain’s Algeciras Port

A huge batch of luxury American automobiles stolen in the USA have been recovered from the Port of Algeciras. Authorities uncovered 24 high-end cars, including

20 Feb, 2023 @ 15:32

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Girl, 10, dies after collision involving speeding car on wrong side of road in Spain’s Valencia

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl died on Sunday morning following a head-on collision between two cars on the N-220 in Manises, Valencia province. The youngster was with

20 Feb, 2023 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Protect yourself against the rising wave of petty theft in rural Spain

SPANISH law-making is currently under the spotlight. The controversial ‘Solo Si es Si’ legislation, designed to improve the sentencing of sex offenders, based on clear

19 Feb, 2023 @ 15:28

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Civil Guard frees woman from two-month captivity

Spain’s Civil Guard frees French woman held for two months by violent partner in Castellon hotel

THE CIVIL Guard has freed a woman who was held and violently assaulted by her partner for a two-month period in a hotel in Castellon

19 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Century-old Salvador Dali artworks finally found after Barcelona burglary

Two 100-year-old Salvador Dali drawings worth 300,000 euros have been discovered after they were stolen last year in a burglary in Barcelona. Police made the

18 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Brit arrested in Spain for allegedly hacking Biden, Obama to be extradited

Spain will extradite a baby-faced Brit wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack which compromised the accounts of president Joe Biden and former

17 Feb, 2023 @ 15:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

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