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Got a dog in Spain? Comply with new laws coming into effect THIS MONTH to avoid fines of up to €10,000

OVER NINE MILLION dog owners in Spain will have to take out liability insurance from September 29 when the country’s new animal welfare law comes

3 Sep, 2023 @ 11:15

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Two Albanians who ‘robbed more than FIFTY homes’ are arrested: Prolific duo accused of targeting expat neighbourhoods across Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN have been arrested for robbing 51 homes in Alicante province, with authorities believing they may have committed more offences. The Albanian nationals aged

1 Sep, 2023 @ 17:00

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

Police uncover network of illegal water wells being used to irrigate farmland in Spain’s Murcia region

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a network of illegal water extractors in the Mazarron area after discovering 51 clandestine wells used to irrigate farmland. Operation

31 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia

A RETIRED Policia Nacional officer held his wife hostage in Alzira on Wednesday before shooting her dead and turning the gun on himself. The deceased

31 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a

31 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23

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

Benidorm blitz on electric scooter law-breakers results in five seizures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE ELECTRIC scooters have been removed off Benidorm streets so far this August for not complying with municipal laws. Benidorm’s Policia Local have been carrying

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to ‘work’ on the same Alicante street. The assailants

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

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

Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain

FOUR PEOPLE have been arrested in the Gandia area of Valencia province for stealing luxury cars that were specially ordered by overseas clients. Three vehicles

29 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

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

Embattled ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

NATIONAL COURT prosecutors in Madrid have announced a preliminary investigation into suspended RFEF president Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on World Cup star player Jenni Hermoso

28 Aug, 2023 @ 17:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

TERROR IN MAGALUF: Man with fake gun causes chaos in Magaluf hotel threatening to shoot clients

A MAN who caused chaos in a hotel in Magaluf by pointing at clients with a fake gun has been arrested in Mallorca. The accused,

28 Aug, 2023 @ 17:05

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol, Amsterdam last

28 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

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

Police officers called 'sons of bitches' are beaten up by angry family over illegally-parked car next to popular tourist promenade on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a ‘cowardly and senseless’ attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar to

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British and Spanish police intercept 1.5 TONNES of cocaine: Sailboat is busted en route to Spain after picking up haul in the Caribbean

SPAIN’S National Police and Navy have intercepted a sailboat bound for Spanish shores that was carrying 1,500 kilos of cocaine. The operation was carried out

28 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

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Three British men are arrested over ‘drugging and rape’ of woman, also British, at hotel in Spain’s Magaluf resort

THREE British tourists have been arrested after a woman was allegedly drugged and raped at a hotel in Magaluf. The trio were arrested on Friday

26 Aug, 2023 @ 06:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

THE MAD BALEARICS: Disruptive Brit latest to be arrested after ‘pawing’ flight attendant’s behind and spitting on her boss on flight from Manchester to Ibiza

THE summer of sin refuses to end as yet another Brit is arrested in the Balearics, this time for sexually assaulting a flight attendant during

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:38

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish cops make biggest EVER coke haul in Algeciras – NINE TONNES worth an unbelievable €3 BILLION

AUTHORITIES are still rubbing their eyes over the seizure of an incredible nine tonnes of cocaine en route to Algeciras, the largest bust ever made

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Woman's hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain's Costa Blanca

Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMEN’S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca. The

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

German tourist stabbed and robbed by group of six young 'North African' men outside Mallorca nightclub

German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca

A MIDDLE-AGED German tourist was stabbed and robbed in the early hours of Wednesday by a group of six young ‘North African’ men in Playa

24 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

National Police arrest 24 in bust of international gang exporting high-end vehicles from Spain

IN A JOINT operation with the authorities in Romania, the National Police have arrested 21 people and recovered 24 high end cars that had been

24 Aug, 2023 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Lead

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

British expat in his 60s ‘is tasered, tied up and gagged in brutal €12,000 robbery’ at his Costa del Sol home: Fears violent gang who received ‘tip off’ will strike again

A GANG of ‘Spanish youths’ are terrorising expats on the Costa del Sol by storming into their houses late at night and carrying out violent

24 Aug, 2023 @ 09:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf

ANOTHER Irish tourist accused of drug dealing has been arrested in Spain’s Balearic Islands, the second in less than a week. The Irishman, who is

23 Aug, 2023 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘I’ll shoot you’ – Drug driver who allegedly assaulted and made death threats to police officers arrested in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN enraged driver who allegedly assaulted a number of police agents after testing positive for drugs has been arrested in Elche. The 57-year-old man is

23 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXC: British expat, 80, ‘is run over FOUR times by neighbour’ when he tried to stop him from drink driving on Spain’s Costa del Sol, as fellow Brit faces attempted murder charge

A RETIRED Royal Navy commando has miraculously survived being allegedly run over FOUR times by a ‘neighbour from hell’ on the Costa del Sol. David

23 Aug, 2023 @ 14:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different areas of Spain

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:36

Alicante·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

A MURCIA GP was hit by a computer thrown by a patient that she refused to sign-off work. The attack happened at the Molina de

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia

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Got a dog in Spain? Comply with new laws coming into effect THIS MONTH to avoid fines of up to €10,000

Two Albanians who ‘robbed more than FIFTY homes’ are arrested: Prolific duo accused of targeting expat neighbourhoods across Spain’s Costa Blanca

Police uncover network of illegal water wells being used to irrigate farmland in Spain’s Murcia region

Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

Benidorm blitz on electric scooter law-breakers results in five seizures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain

Embattled ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

TERROR IN MAGALUF: Man with fake gun causes chaos in Magaluf hotel threatening to shoot clients

Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British and Spanish police intercept 1.5 TONNES of cocaine: Sailboat is busted en route to Spain after picking up haul in the Caribbean

Three British men are arrested over ‘drugging and rape’ of woman, also British, at hotel in Spain’s Magaluf resort

THE MAD BALEARICS: Disruptive Brit latest to be arrested after ‘pawing’ flight attendant’s behind and spitting on her boss on flight from Manchester to Ibiza

Spanish cops make biggest EVER coke haul in Algeciras – NINE TONNES worth an unbelievable €3 BILLION

Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca

National Police arrest 24 in bust of international gang exporting high-end vehicles from Spain

British expat in his 60s ‘is tasered, tied up and gagged in brutal €12,000 robbery’ at his Costa del Sol home: Fears violent gang who received ‘tip off’ will strike again

BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf

‘I’ll shoot you’ – Drug driver who allegedly assaulted and made death threats to police officers arrested in Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXC: British expat, 80, ‘is run over FOUR times by neighbour’ when he tried to stop him from drink driving on Spain’s Costa del Sol, as fellow Brit faces attempted murder charge

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

The wonderful history behind El Escorial – the world’s largest Renaissance building and a must-visit for all culture lovers

Worry for Spain as Barcelona superstar Lamine Yamal to miss rest of season with injury – but ‘is expected to be fit for the World Cup’

Jet2 bans British couple for ‘trying to join mile high club’ on flight to Spain – while the plane was still on the tarmac

Fears for Gibraltar monkeys as they’re spotted ‘eating mud after consuming junk food from tourists’

Third patient dies after receiving ‘six times the required drug dose’ at hospital in central Spain