Tag: Andalucia
Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras
A POLICE dog foiled an attempt to smuggle over 28 kilos of hashish hidden inside the tyres of a luxury car in Spain’s Ceuta...
BUSTED: Police arrest gang who allegedly sent drugs to UK from Spain’s Andalucia hidden in containers
POLICE arrested six members of a gang that allegedly sent drugs to Britain in specially prepared secret compartments inside maritime containers.
Guardia Civil agents raided...
Stormy weather catches out two Brits off Spain’s Andalucia coast with South America-bound drugs stash
TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast.
The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel,...
Police open fire on man as he tries to attack officers with a large machete in Spain’s Malaga
POLICE shot a man in the leg as he allegedly tried to attack an officer with a large machete in Spain’s city of Malaga.
National...
Twenty-four marine animal strandings recorded along Spain’s Doñana coasts this year—including endangered green turtle
THIS year, 2022, has seen multiple marine animals stranded on the coasts of Doñana.
The annual Doñana Natural Area Management Report on observations and strandings...
Spain’s RENFE to spend €3.5 million on drone surveillance of its facilities
RENFE will start using drones to reinforce security in its main Andalucian train stations; Malaga, Sevilla and Jerez de la Frontera.
Spain’s national passenger railway...
Phone scam extorts bars and restaurants over ‘unpaid’ electricity bills on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Guardia Civil has broken up a Madrid gang who said they'd cut off electricity to 26 Alicante Province hotels and restaurants after falsely...
Daughters save mother from certain death after ex-partner stabs her eight times in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE arrested a man in Spain’s Estepona who allegedly stabbed his ex-partner eight times before his daughters stopped him from killing their mother.
The man,...
Police arrest four gang members after catching them with 440kg of hashish in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE officers arrested four people after finding 440kg of hashish hidden in a secret compartment of a trailer in Spain's Granada.
National Police officers of...
Cepsa will use recycled water to power new green hydrogen plant in Spain’s Andalucia
ENERGY giant Cepsa says a new green hydrogen plant to be built at the San Rogue Energy Park in Cadiz Province will be powered...
Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway
POLICE in Malaga have arrested four gang-members who violently held-up a truck that rival drug-traffickers were using to move hashish hidden in its cargo...
TRAGEDY: Police search suspect after hit-and-run death leaves Spain’s Cartama in state of shock
POLICE are searching for the driver of a BMW who fatally ran over a 28-year-old at the entrance to Cartama and then fled the...
DGT’s festive drugs and alcohol campaign in Spain’s Andalucia sees 47 drivers a day caught under influence of alcohol...
THE DGT’s (General Directorate of Traffic) six-day festive drugs and alcohol campaign, carried out at the start of the month between December 5-11, has...
IN PICS: Top 10 smallest villages in Spain’s Malaga
AROUND the province of Malaga there are villages with less residents than in a block of flats in a big city.
Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam arrested at Spain’s Barcelona airport
THE Guardia Civil and Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested a key player in a multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of investors.
33-year-old...
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake rumbles Spain’s Sevilla
SPAIN’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) has registered an earthquake with a magnitude 3.5 yesterday morning, December 13, with its epicentre in the Sevilla town...
Landslides cause part of Caminito del Rey to collapse as storms lash Costa del Sol
Landslides have forced the closure of the popular tourist Caminito del Rey walkway in Malaga.
The tourist attraction’s official website announced the site would be...
Two women freeze to death at Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain’s Andalucia
THE bodies of two women in their mid-fifties were found on Monday afternoon in a Sierra Nevada ski resort with no apparent sign of...
Calls for ‘urgent’ blood donations needed amid shortage of all blood types in Spain’s Andalucia following week of public...
THE Andalucian Network of Transfusion Medicine (ANTM ) has launched an urgent appeal for blood donors to step forward amid ‘shortages’ following last week’s...
Police officer jailed and sacked after issuing bogus fines against disliked neighbour in Spain’s Almeria
A Guardia Civil officer has been stripped of his job and jailed for four years, after issuing unfair fines against a neighbour he did...
Heavy rain forecast in Spain’s Andalucia during ´Puente de Diciembre´ with up to 200 litres per square metre expected
ANDALUCIA faces the two festive days this week, ‘The Constitution’ today Tuesday, December 6 and ‘The Immaculate Conception’ Thursday, December 8, with persistent and...
Andalucia’s Sevilla victorious in becoming home to Spain’s new Space Agency
SEVILLA has been announced as the headquarters of the new Spanish Space Agency.
It beat off 20 rivals to get the government nod which was...
Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine
Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe.
Guardia...
Ronda: The Spanish town that sits up high in the mountains and will stay long in your memory
Perched atop steeping mountains and 2,460 feet above sea level, Ronda is tricky to get to but worth the effort for a trip you...
SPAIN TRAVEL: Eight interesting villages to put on your Andalucia bucket-list
The Olive Press has compiled a list of the most interesting, beautiful or unusual villages in Spain’s Andalucia to visit this year.
Utopia: Marinaleda.
Also known...
Plan to relocate outdoor-only school from Ireland to sunny southern Spain
The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of clean, fresh air. Yet our children continue to spend seven hours a day indoors...