International gang used luxury villas to grow marijuana on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A SIX MONTH operation to bring down an Albanian-led drugs gang that used luxury Costa Blanca villas as
3 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Altea – € 390,000
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EU money will improve state of longest river in Marina Baixa area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALTEA council has been given a €810,652 European Union grant to improve the mouth of the Algar River between the Sogai bridge and the sea.
Spain’s Costa Blanca looks to woo foreign pet owners to come on holiday
THE Costa Blanca Tourist Board laid on a special programme for social media influencers o show what the area can offer for people bringing their
Free money to clean up building facades in popular tourist city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
RESIDENTS and business owners in the old centres of Altea and Altea la Vella can apply for cash grants to clean up building facades. Altea
EXPLAINER: Find out the summer beaches to enjoy with your dog in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
IF you are a dog owner and fancy taking your pet out for a trip to the seaside and a run along the beach, you
Luxury rental villas on Spain’s Costa Blanca converted into marijuana farms
AN ANONYMOUS tip-off directed the Guardia Civil to a gang who grew marijuana in two luxury villas in Altea. The email- from either a ‘concerned’
Key Costa Blanca road in Spain to close for over a week due to maintenance work
IMPROVEMENTS to two parallel tunnels on the N-332 in the north of Alicante province will force their closure for eight days later this month. The
Unlucky drug smugglers steal boat but owner’s friend spots it elsewhere on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX drug traffickers who stole a boat from Altea were caught out when having a spot of lunch some 50 kilometres down the coast at
Time runs out for fake luxury watch distribution gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DISTRIBUTION network involving thousands of fake watches imitating high-end brands has been broken up by the Policia Nacional. The bogus timepieces were dispatched right
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
3 bedroom Terraced Villa for sale in Altea with pool – € 320,000
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Drug traffickers steal €400,000 boat from Costa Blanca marina in Spain to use as narco-craft
DRUG traffickers stole a pleasure boat from Altea marina in Alicante Province to convert it into a narco-craft. But a day after the theft, the
Businessmen arrested in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia for helping counterfeiter to print eight million euros
POLICE have arrested two men in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas for assisting in the production of counterfeit 500-euro bills. A La Nucia printing
Fake physiotherapist accused of raping female clients at his Murcia home in Spain
A bogus physiotherapist from Totana, Murcia, has been jailed after he was arrested for raping at least three women. He was denied bail after a
Wave of sweet carob bean robberies from farms on Spain’s northern Costa Blanca
A spate of carob bean thefts has hit Alicante Province farms with 23 tons destined for the black market stored in two warehouses in Altea
Fresh influx of refugee boat landings following dangerous sea crossings on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have pìcked up four Algerian teenagers walking around Cabo Roig’s Aguamarina urbanisation after landing by boat 40 minutes earlier on the Orihuela Costa. 33
Kamikaze motorist drives 29 kilometres down wrong side of busy Costa Blanca motorway in Spain
A 24-year-old La Nucia man has been charged with reckless driving after a 29 kilometre journey on the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway between
1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Altea with pool garage – € 160,000
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Remains of large Roman villa found at Costa Blanca dig site in Spain
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Alicante University have found the remains of a large Roman villa on a dig site in the Sogair area of Altea. The discovery
Sevilla couple spend summer holiday robbing cars at Costa Blanca beaches in Spain
A Sevilla couple used their August holiday to rob 16 cars parked at Costa Blanca beaches and used stolen bank cards in Benidorm businesses. The
Police swoop on ‘very violent’ Benidorm area drugs gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional have brought down what they called a ‘very violent’ Benidorm area drugs gang. The criminals grew marijuana and sold it across the
Property prices in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca continue to be highest in Valencia region
JAVEA has kept its long-standing place for having the highest property prices in the Valencian Community. Prospective house buyers will have to pay €721,003 on
Dangerous Polish fugitive arrested inside Costa Blanca nightclub in Spain
A dangerous Polish criminal who ran a drug trafficking gang and tried to kill a rival gang leader, has been arrested at a Costa Blanca
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Benidorm’s Terra Natura park welcomes deadly tarantula and snakes seized from Costa Blanca house in Spain
A poisonous tarantula and two snakes have been removed from an Altea house and taken to Benidorm’s Terra Natura nature and animal park. Altea council