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Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

THREE brothers have been arrested in Teulada for drug trafficking and getting supplies from narco-boats landing supplies on the coast. Drugs totalling a retail value

27 Mar, 2024 @ 11:45

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

Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle

AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale

26 Mar, 2024 @ 14:44

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

Twin sisters turn 100 in Spain: Manuela and Isabel say keeping active is the key to longevity – and Manuela’s 102-year-old husband agrees

TWIN Alicante area sisters have celebrated turning 100 with another milestone just around the corner as one of their husbands will hit the 102-year mark

26 Mar, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Warning for British tourists in Benidorm: Shops are raided after selling countless fake designer toys, clothes and devices to unsuspecting shoppers

FIVE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for selling 2,802 fake items to unsuspecting buyers- mainly tourists. Those detained- four men and a woman- were

23 Mar, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

INFAMOUS British drugs baron Brian Charrington has been arrested again in a Policia Nacional operation that swept up 30 people. Charrington, 67, was detained at

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

New UK routes from Ryanair and EasyJet boost ‘high season’ schedule for Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is gearing up for another record year for passengers by announcing its biggest-ever schedule of ‘high season’ flights. The season runs between April

22 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

One of Europe’s oldest ‘most wanted’ fugitives is arrested outside his luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Austrian swindler who made €9 million from a scam in his native country has been arrested outside his luxury Costa Blanca villa. The man-

20 Mar, 2024 @ 14:45

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

Sand dredged and moved to revitalise a Costa Blanca beach as part of new marina project in Spain

REGENERATION of a Calpe beach has started three years late, after a boundary dispute delayed a major marina development. Sand is being dredged from the

19 Mar, 2024 @ 15:07

Costa Blanca·Environment·Other News·Valencian Community

Tiny town in Spain launches a dating app in a bid to save itself from depopulation

A SMALL Alicante province town has launched a phone app that it hopes will fight depopulation by bringing together single people. Salinas in the Alto

15 Mar, 2024 @ 17:28

Alicante·Valencian Community

Famous St. Patrick's Day parade returns to Spain's Costa Blanca after four years

Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know

SPAIN’S biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday on the southern Costa Blanca. Cabo Roig on the Orihuela Costa will be a sea

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Senate votes to end ‘unique’ coastal homes being classified as being on public domain land in Spain BUT decision could be overturned

SPAIN’S upper house of parliament, the Senate, has passed an amendment to the Coastal Law to protect the ‘unique homes’ on the coast. The measure

14 Mar, 2024 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Malaga to Madrid from €7: Renfe launches sale on train fares starting TODAY

New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities

HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities

13 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Iconic hotel in Spain’s Torrevieja goes up for sale at €6million

A POPULAR Torrevieja hotel with stunning sea views has gone up for sale for €6 million in a quiet residential area of the city The

13 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain's reservoir levels fall but no drought worries compared to a year ago

Drought latest in Spain: Water pressure to be reduced on the Costa Blanca – this is all you need to know

OVERNIGHT water pressure levels have been cut in Alicante City to conserve reduced supplies due to the ongoing drought. The Jucar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ), which

12 Mar, 2024 @ 15:44

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca airport scoops 'Best in Europe' award yet again after a record-breaking year for passengers

Alicante airport breaks February record with one MILLION passengers – over a third of which were British

A NEW February passenger record has been set by Alicante-Elche airport which welcomed just over one million travellers last month. Over a third of the

12 Mar, 2024 @ 13:10

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British woman 'went our of her mind due to abuse' and strangled Benidorm flatmate with vacuum cleaner cord

Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash

A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm’s streets. The 33-year-old man has

12 Mar, 2024 @ 12:22

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

This airport in Spain has been crowned the ‘Best in Europe’ by travel experts

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has once again been recognised as the best airport in Europe that serves 15 to 25 million passengers. The prestigious award for 2023

11 Mar, 2024 @ 16:09

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not be

11 Mar, 2024 @ 15:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia

AN escaped African Lynx escaped from a Marbella home and ended up in the garden of a house some 20 kilometres away. The 20-kilo animal

8 Mar, 2024 @ 10:19

Alicante·Andalucia·Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF who robbed 37 Costa Blanca bars and restaurants met his match when three Javea residents spotted him jumping the fence of a house

7 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

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

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thousands join protest against ‘senseless’ solar power plant being built on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ESTIMATED 3,000 people hit the streets of San Miguel de Salinas on Sunday to oppose controversial plans for a massive solar farm. The San

4 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Italian gangster, 38, is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Fugitive hid among the expat community for years to avoid jail at home

AN Italian fugitive who faces 20 years in prison for drug trafficking charges has been arrested in a holiday apartment in Arenales del Sol. The

4 Mar, 2024 @ 12:45

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

Three family members are killed in a tower block fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE members of the same family died in an apartment block fire in the early hours of Monday morning in Villajoyosa. The blaze started in

4 Mar, 2024 @ 10:54

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Council has to pay ‘millions’ in compensation for illegally-granted building licence approved by law-breaking mayor in 2008 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca council will have to pay the equivalent of a third of its annual budget as compensation for an illegally-approved building that was

2 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish priest is removed from his Costa Blanca parish for calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’

THE bishop of the Orihuela-Alicante diocese has suspended San Isidro’s parish priest for branding Pope Francis a ‘heretic’. Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla took the tough

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle

Twin sisters turn 100 in Spain: Manuela and Isabel say keeping active is the key to longevity – and Manuela’s 102-year-old husband agrees

Warning for British tourists in Benidorm: Shops are raided after selling countless fake designer toys, clothes and devices to unsuspecting shoppers

Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

New UK routes from Ryanair and EasyJet boost ‘high season’ schedule for Costa Blanca airport

One of Europe’s oldest ‘most wanted’ fugitives is arrested outside his luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Sand dredged and moved to revitalise a Costa Blanca beach as part of new marina project in Spain

Tiny town in Spain launches a dating app in a bid to save itself from depopulation

Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know

Senate votes to end ‘unique’ coastal homes being classified as being on public domain land in Spain BUT decision could be overturned

New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities

Iconic hotel in Spain’s Torrevieja goes up for sale at €6million

Drought latest in Spain: Water pressure to be reduced on the Costa Blanca – this is all you need to know

Alicante airport breaks February record with one MILLION passengers – over a third of which were British

Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash

This airport in Spain has been crowned the ‘Best in Europe’ by travel experts

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia

Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

Thousands join protest against ‘senseless’ solar power plant being built on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Italian gangster, 38, is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Fugitive hid among the expat community for years to avoid jail at home

Three family members are killed in a tower block fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Council has to pay ‘millions’ in compensation for illegally-granted building licence approved by law-breaking mayor in 2008 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spanish priest is removed from his Costa Blanca parish for calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’

Hunt is on to unmask and catch mystery Marbella graffiti vandal ‘Kabro’ – after town hall spent €20k to clean up damage

Popular ‘Marbella Se Queja’ Instagram page rages at expats who’ve ‘lived on the Costa del Sol for years and can’t even say hola’

WATCH: Bizarre moment man ‘marries’ a tree at wedding ceremony in Madrid ‘to show emotional connection to nature’

Fresh ‘blood rain’ alert for Malaga as spring storms trigger yellow weather alert

Tourist coach driver arrested in Valencia for snorting cocaine leaving 25 passengers needing taxis