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Franco fan who plotted to kill Spain’s PM over exhumation of dictator goes on trial in Barcelona
AN admirer of Franco who plotted to kill Spain’s Prime Minister over plans to exhume the fascist dictator, is facing 18 years in jail...
Former priest refused bail in Gijon over child corruption charges
A FORMER priest who was arrested on suspicion of child corruption has been refused bail by the Court of Instruction number 1 in Gijón,...
Drugs, drink-driving and violence make for a busy time for Gibraltar police
CRIME is on the rise in Gibraltar with a number of recent incidents including the seizure of 800 litres of fuel and police assault.
On...
Stuffed: Gang of four arrested in Spain for smuggling drugs in cushions
FOUR Spaniards have been arrested on suspicion of organising a criminal network after police intercepted 181kg of hashish which was being sent from Malaga...
Sinking escape: Three men arrested for attempted kayak crossing to Gibraltar
Three Moroccans have been arrested for immigration offences, after entering Gibraltar Territorial Waters in a kayak on Sunday night.
At 8.30pm, the men aged 23,...
A young woman in Spain is arrested after abandoning her newborn baby in Algeciras hospital
THE Policia Nacional have arrested a 23-year-old woman in Algeciras accused of abandoning her newborn child in the Punta Europa hospital in Algeciras.
The events...
Woman arrested in Spain’s Costa del Sol after allegedly leaving her three-year-old son in the car while gambling in...
A WOMAN of German nationality has been arrested in Marbella after allegedly leaving her three-year-old son alone in the car while she was gambling...
Man sentenced to four months in prison in Spain’s Castilla y Leon for breaching lockdown four times after caught...
A MAN has been sentenced to four months in prison for skipping quarantine in Castilla y Leon.
Man arrested in Spain’s Catalunya for robbing three supermarkets and a petrol station wearing a coronavirus face mask
A MAN who was wearing a face mask has been arrested for robbing three supermarkets and a petrol station in Catalunya.
WATCH: Man arrested as dead and injured roosters found in police raid on cockfight watched by 200 people in...
Cockfighting is illegal in Spain, with the exception of Andalucia and the Canary Islands
Man with almost half a kilo of hash in stomach arrested in Marbella after telling doctors he’d ‘swallowed batteries’...
The suspected drug trafficker was forced to expel the 430 grams of the illegal substance through natural means
Five British people arrested on Fuengirola yacht after police catch them with THREE TONNES of hash they intended to...
Two more Brits, who are believed to have organised the logistics and transport of the drugs, have also been placed under investigation
Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on...
In total 56 bundles of hash were also seized
Farmer arrested after dumping DEAD worker in hospital who’d had heart attack during his first day picking olives in...
He is then reported to have left him and fled, after which a doctor realised that the man he had dropped off was dead
Man in Spain arrested after stabbing wife to death on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
It comes on November 25 — the day chosen by the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness of the violence women around the world are subjected to
‘Hostel thief’ arrested in Marbella after allegedly robbing laptops and cash from backpackers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Investigators claim the suspect ‘broke wardrobe and locker doors to seize the valuables he found inside’
Gibraltar biker wielding replica submachine gun arrested as police issue terrorism warning
A police statement added that the Rock’s terrorism threat is currently ‘substantial’, meaning that ‘an attack is a strong possibility’
‘Fake bus driver’ who made €3.2 million from tourists and kids on Costa del Sol and across Spain arrested...
Police located the illegal buses in areas of Spain as far-flung as Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, Malaga, Almeria and Zaragoza
Dad arrested after ‘locking screaming daughters in office’ for THREE DAYS before police broke down door near Spain’s Costa...
Police broke down the front door of the establishment, before rescuing the ‘screaming’ girls and placing them in the care of their mother
Young man arrested for carrying 870 ecstasy pills – and 550 tablets of new drug that’s FOUR times stronger...
According to a police statement, the man intended to distribute the tablets to attendees at the Fuengirola fair.
Two young men arrested after suspects allegedly duped woman into house to smoke before raping her, in Spain’s Andalucia
When they arrived, they reportedly forced her into sexual acts, injuring her through the struggles that took place.
Three arrested for possession of 40 kgs of weed, a revolver, and thousands in cash on Spain’s Costa del...
Police had been alerted to a suspicious building in La Puebla, which had ‘agricultural tools’ and a ‘strong smell of marijuana’, and began an operation in the area.
Three arrested after disfiguring the face of man they mistook to be someone else on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THREE men have been arrested after they mistook a man for someone else and beat him so bad his face was disfigured.
The victim was...
One of the biggest dark web drug dealers arrested in Costa del Sol’s Mijas
When the individual was arrested, the police found two kilograms of hashish, two laptops, and a phone.
Flat tire leads to two arrests and seizure of over 600kg mangoes in Spain’s Sevilla
The police asked for a receipt for the enormous amount of mangoes in the boot and backseat, which the suspects could not provide.
Man arrested after threatening woman with machine gun, pistol and bow and arrow in Spain’s Andalucia
It comes after Spain’s 1000th victim of gender violence was identified as a murdered a mother-of-five
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