Tag: Catral
Mechanic steals dozens of catalytic converters with precious metal content from parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca
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A CAR mechanic stole at least 84 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante province with precious metals...
3 bedroom Villa for sale in Catral with pool garage – € 345,000
Catral, Alicante
3 beds
2 baths
€ 345,000
This beautiful villa for sale in Catral is legally registered and with all the...
Man shot after cars collide on Costa Blanca roundabout in Spain
THE Guardia Civil is looking for two men after shots were fired in an extreme road rage incident in the Catral area of Alicante...
Five-metre tall Christmas tree made from 600 balls of wool adorns town square in Spain’s Costa Blanca area
A fully-knitted Christmas tree has taken pride of place in an Alicante Province town square with not a pine needle in sight!
The five-metre tall...
Gold shop owner melted stolen loot for home robbers in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
A home robbery gang operating across Costa Blanca and Murcia has been arrested by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional.
The six detainees included a...
Charity in “full panic mode” as funds run dry and animals suffer on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DESPERATE plea for help has gone out from one of Costa Blanca’s well-known charities, Big Reds Animals.
The owner has admitted that animals may...
Community pulls together to help food bank robbed of stock for the needy on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Almoradi-based charity has had its storage facility robbed of stock meant for food parcels.
Big Reds was keeping hundreds of euros worth of groceries...
Two solar power farms may be scrapped in Spain’s Vega Baja as area now classed as flood plain
TWO huge solar power farms planned for Spain’s Vega Baja region are now in doubt because of a combination of bad timing and poor...
British duo arrested as drugs gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca kidnap and torture supplier who conned them
TWO BRITISH men were among a 18-strong drug trafficking and kidnapping gang arrested by the Guardia Civil on the southern Costa Blanca.
One of the...
Worried UK family reach out to Olive Press readers to help care for their ill relative, 72
AN urgent plea has gone out to expats in the Costa Blanca South to help a very sick British pensioner suffering from cancer.
Big-hearted expats...