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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

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

Costa Blanca City Becomes Tenth Most Populated In Spain

Costa Blanca’s Alicante enters Top 10 city list in Spain

ALICANTE has made it into the top ten list of the most populated cities in Spain, replacing Basque Country capital Bilbao. Figures from the National

8 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested after three burglars were caught red-handed by police

Hotels filling up for first post-pandemic Easter holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE FIRST post-Covid pandemic Easter on the Costa Blanca is expected to see hotel occupancy return to levels last seen in 2019. Benidorm and other

31 Mar, 2023 @ 08:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Youths arrested after stealing valuable racing pigeons from Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca

Youths caught red-handed after stealing valuable racing pigeons from Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE youths aged between 16 and 20 have been arrested for stealing racing pigeons from a Benidorm club. The male gang were caught during a

27 Mar, 2023 @ 12:35

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

Police Catch Multi Tasking Thief Who Specialised In Stealing Catalytic Converters From Cars On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police catch multi-tasking robber specialising in catalytic converter thefts on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF from Oliva in Valencia province who turned his hand to a variety of robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. He was

22 Mar, 2023 @ 17:00

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

Costa Blanca Fire Rescue Team Return To Spain With Moving Account Of Turkey Earthquake Aftermath

Costa Blanca fire rescue team return home to Spain with moving tales of Turkey earthquake devastation

ALICANTE’S specialist fire rescue team has returned home after going out to Turkey to assist in rescuing survivors of the devastating earthquakes that struck the

14 Feb, 2023 @ 17:17

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

REVEALED: The most popular areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca for overseas property buyers

TORREVIEJA and Orihuela are Alicante Province’s top areas for foreign property buyers according to the Valencia region Notary Association. Figures for the first nine months

24 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Police patrols stepped up for holiday season in busy shopping areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional has launched its annual Safe Trade Plan to cut crime in Alicante Province shopping areas over the busy Christmas and New Year

20 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

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