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Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7 motorway in Alicante province. An Orihuela-based Guardia

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieves rob homes as part of their summer holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR GEORGIAN men rented Torrevieja area holiday homes over the summer to use them as bases to rob properties across the Vega Baja and Medio Vinalopo areas. The Guardia Civil identified 16

17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Man steals dozens of catalytic converters from cars on Spain's Costa Blanca with extracted precious metals exported to Germany

Mechanic steals dozens of catalytic converters with precious metal content from parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at [email protected] A CAR mechanic stole at least 84 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante province with precious metals from the units sold off to a

8 Aug, 2023 @ 16:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Police Simultaneously Raid Six Indoor Marijuana Farms On Spain's Costa Blanca And Murcia

Police simultaneously raid six indoor marijuana farms in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia

AN investigation spanning several months has culminated in simultaneous raids on six indoor marijuana farms in Alicante Province and Murcia. 2,181 plants were removed by the Policia Nacional. 13 people of Albanian

16 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

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

Useless bank robber steals just €50 within 20 minutes in two Alicante area stick-ups in Spain

Useless armed bank robber steals just €50 within 20 minutes in two Costa Blanca area hold-ups in Spain

An armed bank robber got a return of just €50 after two stick-ups within 20 minutes of each other in Albatera, Alicante Province. The Guardia Civil arrested the Spaniard, 59, less than

31 Jan, 2022 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss who snatched Costa Blanca couple during summer

Man fatally slashes uncle’s throat during argument at Alicante area house in Spain

A 32-year-old man slashed his uncle’s throat with a knife after a series of arguments at their Albatera home in Alicante Province. The victim, 39, died on Monday morning at an apartment

25 Jan, 2022 @ 20:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Dictator Franco concentration camp with ‘mass graves’ nearby to be rebuilt as information centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALBATERA’S concentration camp, discovered only in 2020, is to become an information and interpretation centre. One of the derelict barrack buildings at the site will be rebuilt and used as the centre,

8 Nov, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Worst day yet for Covid-19 deaths in Spain’s Valencia region

SIXTY deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in the Community in the last 24 hours. The Valencian Community has reported 3,590 coronavirus infections in 24 hours , the worst figures since the

30 Dec, 2020 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Far-right wing graffiti smeared at Franco concentration camp site on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN INFORMATION board at the site of an infamous concentration camp in Alicante Province has been daubed with the name of Spain’s far-right political party, Vox. Up to 20,000 people were interned

1 Nov, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Son arrested over dad’s murder by ‘slitting his throat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca and is caught standing over body with knife

POLICE have detained a 30-year-old schizophrenic man for allegedly killing his father by slitting his throat. The Spanish national, undergoing medical treatment for the condition, is alleged to have carried out the

21 Jun, 2020 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Couple rescued by helicopter after being stranded overnight on mountain on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRAVE firefighters rescued a young couple on Monday night in the Sierra de Crevillente, close to Costa Blanca’s Albatera. One of the couple, a woman, had fallen just before 11pm and suffered

27 May, 2020 @ 11:01

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