Seven bar-restaurants on Javea’s Arenal beach ordered to close ‘within months’
VALENCIA’S anti-fraud agency has ordered seven businesses on the popular Arenal beach in Javea to close. Javea’s town hall has three months to shut bar-restaurants
Police raid illegal Vietnamese Pig farm and seize 12 animals in Murcia area of Spain
A dozen Vietnamese pigs have been seized from an illegal breeding farm in Aguilas, Murcia. Officers from the Guardia Civil’s environment division, Seprona, raided the
Spain set to probe church sex abuse with independent commission
SPAIN’S prime minister wants to launch the first nationwide official investigation into the full extent of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy. Pedro Sanchez
Serial burglar breaks into dozens of homes within a few weeks in Murcia area of Spain
A serial burglar targeting Murcia City homes has been hit with 70 robbery charges. The Policia Nacional have also thrown in three fraud charges against
Woman loses €44,000 after man uses her phone to steal personal banking details on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A man tricked a woman out of €44,000 after arranging to meet her at the Finestrat Shopping Centre on the Costa Blanca. The fraudster, 20,
British man steals dozens of gas cylinders from stores and petrol stations across Costa Blanca area of Spain
A British resident from Javea has been arrested for stealing 150 butano cylinders from northern Costa Blanca retailers. The thefts started in late October 2021
Underage trafficker charged over 12 deaths after migrant boat sinks off Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Algerian minor has been charged with 12 counts of reckless homicide after a dinghy transporting migrants sank off the Alicante Province coast. Only five
Police seize elephant feet stools being sold online from Costa Blanca area of Spain
FOUR stools made from African elephant feet have been seized by the Guardia Civil in the Alicante area. Two Spaniards, 39 and 67, are being
Home robbers used plastic cards to ‘slip’ front door latches in Costa Blanca area of Spain
THREE men have been charged over 14 home robberies in the Finestrat and Villajoyosa areas of Alicante Province. The gang used the ‘slip’ method to
British fugitive faces extradition after two arrests within days in Spain’s Malaga area
A British man wanted by UK authorities after skipping jail for weapons offences, has been arrested in Marbella. The 29-year-old fugitive was detained at a
Police donate fruit and veg uncovered in drug raid to food bank in Malaga on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Imagine the scene – you’re volunteering for a good cause, or you’re going through a rough time and you and your family are in dire
Dog thief strikes again within weeks at same Costa Blanca farm in Spain
AN Elche dog napper has struck again at the same farm in the Atzavares area of the municipality. A 42-year-old man has been arrested by
Fugitive known as ‘Galician Rambo’ nabbed by neighbours after almost a year hiding out in woods
A CONVICTED murderer, who escaped from prison and became known as Rambo because he survived in the woods using his army training, has finally been
Spain’s CaixaBank warns customers about fake phone messages known as ‘smishing’
CaixaBank is warning customers to ignore bogus text messages that try to hijack their banking details. The so-called ‘smishing’ con sends out SMS messages asking
British man arrested as Costa Blanca marijuana gang shipped drugs from Spain to UK and Dutch customers
EIGHT members of a major Costa Blanca marijuana gang that exported drugs to the UK and the Netherlands have been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Six years for man rescued after sinking rented boat laden with drugs bound for Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALICANTE Courts have sentenced a man to six years to six years in prison after his failed attempt at importing nearly two tonnes of drugs
If only this fugitive Brit was on the run in Spain: Women swoon over ‘hot’ burglar in police mugshot
JUST days after expats were asked to keep an eye out for British fugitives thought to be on the run in Spain, the mugshot of
Police launch drones and helicopter search amid fears for missing pensioner, 79, in Spain’s Huelva
A MISSING pensioner who had been the target of a day-long search by authorities in Spain has still not been located. The 79-year-old went missing
Serial paedophile who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media in Spain faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’.
ONE of the most prolific sexual predators in Spain is facing a ‘thousand year’ prison sentence over the abuse of at least 98 children. Prosecutors
Father got daughter,14, pregnant after years of sexual abuse in Alicante area of Spain
A father has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of systematically sexually abusing his daughter for over a decade. The 53-year-old man from
Yana Rose case: American wanted over wife’s brutal murder flies back to Spain to turn himself in to police
AN American man accused of killing his wife while the pair were on holiday in Cadiz, then driving her corpse across Spain to bury her
Spain orders accurate tally of ongoing child sex abuse cases and complaints involving Catholic Church
Spain’s Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, has ordered 17 regional chief prosecutors to send details of current judicial probes into child sex abuse by the Catholic
Task force set up to tackle hate crime in the schools and streets of Spain’s Costa Blanca South
HATE CRIMES and discrimination are to be tackled head on in Orihuela with a special task force within the local police. The municipality covers many
Shop cashiers threatened by distinctive knife during robbery spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A violent robber who used a large knife to threaten cashiers at Alicante area shops has been arrested in a joint Guardia Civil and Policia
Fake insurance claims soared in Spain during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
BOGUS insurance claims rose by 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Linea Directa’s ‘Insurance Fraud Barometer’ published on Monday. The insurer says there
Bogus police officer tricks people over ‘fast-track’ document applications on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Russian man posed as a Policia Nacional officer to trick people into paying him for help in getting Spanish documents. The 45-year-old fraudster operated