Thursday, March 28, 2024

Crime & Law

Spanish police warn pensioners could be targeted when collecting pensions

The warning comes as many older people are due to collect their pensions and will have to go alone

A Guardia Civil agent is seriously injured after being run over at a coronavirus checkpoint in Spain’s Toledo

A GUARDIA Civil agent has been seriously injured after being run over at a Covid-19 checkpoint.

Four arrested for kidnapping and holding man for four days in Sevilla

Police found a man handcuffed and lying on the ground with a hood over his head

Police in Spain’s Navarra made a denuncia against an 80-year-old woman for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing...

AN 80-year-old woman in Navarra has been denounced by the police for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers.

Madrid Police decline fining couple caught having car sex because ‘they couldn’t find intimacy’ at their busy home

MADRID police agents have declined fining a couple caught having sex in a car because they 'couldn't find intimacy' at home. Policia Local located the...

Bishop in Spain’s Basque Country fined €600 for driving with someone in the passenger seat

A BISHOP in the Basque Country has been fined for driving with someone in the passenger seat.

WATCH: Five people denounced for flouting coronavirus lockdown with Semana Santa parade, music and traditional dress in Spain’s Andalucia

Footage of the event, which flies in the face of Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, shows revellers dancing to breakbeat music

Woman punctures partner’s tyres because he ‘kept going to play slot machines’ and risking coronavirus infection in Spain’s Alicante

A WOMAN has punctured the tyres of her partner's car because he kept 'leaving to play slot machines' and she feared he would catch...

Man sentenced to four months in prison for repeatedly breaking lockdown restrictions in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN in the region of Valencia has been sentenced to four months in prison for repeatedly breaking lockdown restrictions.

Police in Spain’s Catalunya seize 1,681 litres of a cleaning product falsely sold as hand gel, even though it’s...

THE police have seized 1,681 litres of a cleaning product falsely sold as hand sanitiser in Catalunya.

Lockdown rebel ignores COVID-19 checkpoint, crashes car into lamppost and attacks police officers in Spain’s Mallorca

A dramatic police chase pursued after a man failed to stop at a checkpoint in Alcudia

Drug dealer uses taxi to distribute narcotics around Spain’s Madrid amid coronavirus lockdown

A MAN has been arrested today for posing as a taxi driver to deal drugs around Madrid.  The suspect allegedly hid narcotics in chewing gum...

Residents break coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Mallorca to stop criminal making imminent car theft

A group of residents ignored government orders to remain indoors in order to stop a car theft

Holidaying pensioners found dead in possible ‘coronavirus suicide pact’ in Spain’s Tenerife

It was neighbours who phoned authorities to the property in Los Cristianos

Drug clan mount blockade prohibiting ‘customers’ accessing shanty town in Spain’s Mallorca over coronavirus fears

Son Banya residents set up a barricade to make clear that outsiders would not be welcome inside

Two coronavirus patients escape hospitals in Madrid and are found in Malaga by the Spanish police

A PAIR of patients who had tested positive for coronavirus and escaped from hospitals in Madrid have been found in the province of Malaga.

Domestic abuse calls increase by nearly 20% in Spain during the period of lockdown compared to last year

DOMESTIC abuse calls have increased dramatically during the lockdown, compared to the same period last year.

Man arrested for attacking police after knifepoint robbery in Andalucia

He made off with €400 from the cash register after threatening the employee

WATCH: Armed police bust ‘dangerous’ drug trafficker who smuggled cocaine into Spain’s Mallorca from Barcelona

The criminal gang allegedly smuggled large quantities of cocaine from Barcelona into Mallorca

Pensioner murders her husband and then takes her own life in Madrid after he allegedly abused her

A 66-YEAR-OLD woman has stabbed her 68-year-old husband to death and then taken her own life at their home in Madrid.

Child abuse cases in Spain are increasing during the coronavirus lockdown

CHILD abuse cases in Spain have risen during the state of emergency.

Man sentenced to four months in prison in Spain’s Castilla y Leon for breaching lockdown four times after caught...

A MAN has been sentenced to four months in prison for skipping quarantine in Castilla y Leon.

ETA member acquitted of double attack in Spain’s Valencia in 2003, where Brit expat was injured

AN ETA member has been acquitted for his role in multiple attacks in the Valencian Community in 2003.

Man sets fire to car in Spain’s Mallorca after ex-wife ‘refuses to let him inside house’ during coronavirus lockdown

Investigators say the man set his vehicle on fire after his ex-wife failed to let him inside of his his former home

Brit arrested on Costa del Sol after fire leads police to discover electricity fraud and marijuana lab

The investigators found that the home was illegally hooked onto the public power grid

DO NOT enter your payment details if you receive these two WhatsApp messages, as scammers are trying to cheat...

SCAMMERS have been out in full force during the state of emergency, looking to capitalise on the current state of events.

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