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Police arrest four men for hanging dummy of Real Madrid player Vinicius from bridge in Spain
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested four men suspected of hanging a dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior from a Madrid area bridge in...
Five members of Moroccan gang arrested in Madrid
A MOROCCAN gang allegedly involved in robberies with violence has been dismantled in Galapagar (Madrid).
It was formed by seven members, two 17-year-old minors and...
Two members of alleged Islamic State terror cell detained in Spain’s Andalucia
SPANISH and Moroccan police have dismantled an alleged Islamic State cell consisting of three people ready to commit terrorist acts.
The Policia Nacional arrested two...
Women married to ISIS fighters repatriated to Spain and are arrested
TWO Spanish women who married ISIS extremists have been repatriated to Spain and arrested.
They lived in squalid Syrian camps with 13 children- four of...
Gang that posed as police to rob drug smugglers busted in Spain’s Estepona and Marbella
A GANG that pretended to be police to rob drug smugglers at gunpoint has been busted on the Costa del Sol in Spain.
Heavily armed...
Mass fakery at Benidorm ‘English Zone’ market on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THOUSANDS of fake-branded items have been seized in a police raid on a popular Benidorm street market.
Policia Nacional officers inspected six stalls targeting tourists...
Holiday property rental scam exposed in Mar Menor area of Spain
THREE scammers defrauded at least 15 people by taking deposits for bogus holiday properties in the Mar Menor area of Murcia.
The trio- who pocketed...
Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands
THE Policia Nacional, in association with their Italian counterparts, have busted a Naples-based gang who made special summer trips to Mallorca and Ibiza to...
Benidorm ‘English’ zone bars and clubs raided by police on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX people have been arrested by Benidorm's Policia Nacional during a crime sweep targeting bars and clubs called 'Operation Summer'.
The detainees, aged between 20...
Two men go on sex assault spree during Moors and Christian festival in Alicante area city in Spain
TWO men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for sexually assaulting at least eight women and girls during Elda's Moors and Christian festival...
Human trafficking and sex exploitation gang brought down in Spain’s Murcia region
ONE of the biggest-ever police operations against human trafficking in the Murcia region has produced 22 arrests.
19 women were freed by the Policia Nacional.
They...
British woman arrested after ATM customer is sprayed in bungled robbery on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THREE people, including a British woman, have been arrested after an ATM user was sprayed in a failed robbery.
A man and woman of Spanish...
Boy, 12, removed from parents who continually resorted to corporal punishment in Spain’s Valencia City
A Valencia City school came to the rescue of a 12-year-old boy who was subjected to regular physical assaults by his parents.
His mother and...
Anabolic steroid gang imported drugs to sell in gyms and stores across Spain’s Costa Blanca
THOUSANDS of doses of illegally-imported anabolic steroids have been seized in Policia Nacional raids across the Valencian Community.
16 people have been arrested for running...
Two arrested in Spain accused of being part of international arms smuggling gang that shipped tanks from Ukraine to...
POLICE have arrested two men alleged to be part of a gang that smuggled arms including tanks to war-torn countries in the Middle East...
Police intercept drug-dealers trying to flee Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FOUR drug dealers have been arrested after trying to speed away from a police patrol car in the 'English Zone' of Benidorm.
Policia Nacional officers...
Bogus Microsoft-certified computer experts in Spain’s Alicante hijack woman’s computer to steal €9,000
AN Alicante Province scammer swindled a Galicia woman out of €9,000 after pretending to be a Microsoft-certified technician.
He took control of the woman's computer,...
Three women arrested after thieves raid jewellery shop in Spain’s Torremolinos
COPS have arrested three women after a Malaga jewellery shop was broken into on Tuesday, February 22.
Callous thieves made off with a number of items from...
People smuggling boat service between Spain’s Murcia and Algeria intercepted before picking up first passengers
FOUR Algerian men have been arrested in Murcia after plans to smuggle in people on boats from North Africa were rumbled by the Policia...
‘Drug kingpin’ known as Pablo Escobar of Spain arrested
POLICE in Spain have arrested an alleged drug kingpin in one of the major heroin busts in recent years.
Known as the Pablo Escobar of...
Guardia Civil reveal drink-driving total during December campaign in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
143 motorists failed alcohol tests conducted by the Guardia Civil on Valencian Community roads in December.
Drink-driving was the major road safety issue with excess...
Eight arrested in Spain’s La Linea after police seize massive haul of contraband tobacco
EIGHT people have been arrested and 38,000 packets of contraband tobacco have been seized in La Linea in five raids during the past week.
Spanish...
Nine arrests in Gibraltar after warfare breaks out between rival gangs
A STREET brawl that broke out on Saturday evening between rival gangs has led to the arrest of nine people, including a minor, and...
Six police injured after mob attack in Spain’s Barcelona
A mob of 100 people attacked police who were trying to detain a man for theft, six officers were injured and 5 people have...
Old salt nabbed: Royal Navy veteran ‘mastermind’ behind drugs gang in Spain’s Andalucia
A ROYAL NAVY veteran has been arrested as the alleged kingpin of an international drugs smuggling gang.
More than one-and-a-half tonnes of hashish, three boats,...
Terrorist rabble-rousers arrested in Spain’s Granada for using social media to encourage outrages against France
THREE men have been arrested in southern Spain for using social media to encourage terrorist attacks against France.
The men were detained by the Policia...
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