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Estate agents stole €120k from elderly client’s Costa Blanca home while she enjoyed ‘free’ spa holiday

AN ALICANTE real estate agency hatched an elaborate plot to steal €120,000 in cash from a vulnerable elderly client. Two men- including the agency manager-and

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante gets tougher on overnight noise for rest of summer after complaints from residents

ALICANTE City Council has toughened up enforcement of noise limit rules after complaints from residents about excessive levels- especially at night. A campaign is running

11 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

People protest about high property prices caused by mass tourism in Alicante

Latest protest about high property prices caused by mass tourism in Alicante

AROUND 1,000 people took part in an anti-mass tourism protest in Alicante City last Friday. The estimate comes from the Government Delegation and is much

28 Jul, 2025 @ 14:08

Alicante·Lead·Property

Police investigate hundreds of bogus parking tickets that advertised Alicante kebab shop

POLICE in Alicante are investigating if a crime was committed after hundreds of bogus parking tickets advertising a kebab shop were plastered on cars The

23 Jul, 2025 @ 17:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante extends moratorium on new tourist accommodation licenses to include more properties

ALICANTE City Council has voted to extend its moratorium on granting new tourist apartment rental licenses to include blocks of holiday homes. It also includes

22 Jul, 2025 @ 14:16

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Beach police patrols boosted for summer peak season in Costa Blanca tourist city

Beach police patrols boosted during summer peak season in Costa Blanca tourist city

ALICANTE has increased the number of Policia Local patrols operating across its beaches during the peak summer season. 38 officers are covering the beaches at

8 Jul, 2025 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Relief for Costa Blanca expat homeowners as police arrest two men behind 35 robberies

TWO men who robbed 35 homes in April and May have been jailed by an Alicante court. The burglars aged 36 and 37 plundered items

10 Jun, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Scam Alert: Alicante motorists find bogus parking tickets on car windscreens

ALICANTE City Council has warned about a spate of fake parking tickets being plastered on cars in the Central Market area. Around 30 bogus tickets

5 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Man in van caught with 83 goldfinches was set for Costa Blanca ferry crossing to Algeria

ALICANTE police pulled over a van during a spot-check and discovered 83 goldfinches hidden inside. The live birds were going to be transported via ferry

5 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Couple steal bank cards from elderly people after memorising PIN numbers inside Costa Blanca shops

Pickpocket couple memorised PIN numbers of elderly people in Costa Blanca shops

A ROMANIAN couple have been arrested in Denia after stealing bank cards from elderly people and clocking up transactions of €10,853. The Policia Nacional said

22 May, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Bogus couple scam to get residency permits is busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

Bogus couple scam busted: Foreigners paid thousands to get residency permits in Spain

FOREIGN migrants were charged up to €4,000 to hood-wink authorities into believing they were in a common-law relationship with a Spanish woman. The Costa Blanca-based

12 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Bank machine fraudster fooled elderly card-holders to make withdrawals in Valencia

Cash machine robbery warning in Spain after thief strikes six times to steal over €5k

POLICE in Alicante have warned ATM users to stay alert to prevent being robbed via a technique known as ‘sowing’. They’ve issued some tips to

23 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Photo scammers’ steal gold chain from young runner on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG runner pounding the streets of Alicante had his gold chain ripped off him when scammers asked him to take a photo of them.

31 Mar, 2025 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Property purchases set all-time April high in Spain's Costa Blanca

Alicante property prices soar to new record high as housing supply dramatically falls

PROPERTY prices in Alicante City rose by 18.2% in December over 12 months, while the stock of houses and flats for sale fell by 15%,

29 Jan, 2025 @ 13:15

Alicante·Lead·Property

Shocking report shows Costa Blanca tourist hotspots suffer from high poverty

Explosive study reveals extreme poverty levels in popular Costa Blanca tourist hotspots

ALICANTE province has the second highest relative poverty rate in Spain (28.5%)- behind Almeria- and is among four areas with the highest risk of social

2 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante's plan to check that tourist flats are legal and to keep all of the fines is delayed

New ‘anti-tourism’ protest marches through Alicante: Locals chant ‘homes for people not tourists’

A FRESH anti-tourism protest took place in Alicante on Sunday organised by Ecologists in Action. It was the third-such demonstration in the city since July

9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN was stabbed at a packed Alicante ice cream parlour on Monday after a row involving her ex-partner and two grown-up sons. The 51-year-old

27 Aug, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Good news for motorists in Alicante as city’s motorway ring-road goes ‘toll free’ until October to ease traffic jams

ALICANTE’S AP-7 motorway ring road has become toll free until October in a bid to ease traffic jams in the area. Transport Minister, Oscar Puente,

16 Jul, 2024 @ 11:39

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Egyptian crocodiles and African turtles among haul of animals seized on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VARIETY of endangered exotic animals including Nile crocodiles, an African spurred tortoise and a Burmese python have been rescued over the last year by

1 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Alicante·Animals·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record

A RECORD warm January has worsened air quality rates in Alicante province due to the ever-present anticyclone over Spain resulting in fewer winds. The month

30 Jan, 2024 @ 11:24

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community·Weather

Hotel worker, 24, ‘stole cash and valuables from guests’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca by ‘using universal code to raid safes while they were out’

AN ALICANTE hotel worker has been caught stealing money from room safes by using a universal access code to open them. The 24-year-old Spanish woman-

12 Oct, 2023 @ 11:26

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

Drug trafficker supplies ecstasy to teenage boy who goes into a coma on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a drug trafficker who supplied ecstasy to a minor who went into a coma at Alicante General Hospital. The 26-year-old

19 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

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

Showers with hail coming to parts of Spain from Friday as sunny weather ends- for now!

May rainfall records tumble in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

RAINFALL records have been smashed in the Murcia region with the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) saying that it was the wettest May in the area since

1 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community·Weather