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Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang that was extorting prostitution clients with threatening messages
THE SPANISH Civil Guard has busted a criminal gang that was extorting and threatening men who had used the internet to secure the services...
Businessman in Spain’s Valencia tortured with electric dog collar by organised gang of thieves
A BUSINESSMAN in Valencia was held captive by a gang of four hooded individuals, who tortured him using an electric dog collar in a...
Spain’s traffic authorities step up policing, with 18.2 million car journeys predicted during the Christmas season
SPAIN’S DGT traffic department is predicting 18.2 million car journeys during the Christmas season this year, with ‘Operación Salida’, as the start of the...
Migrant reaches Spanish soil from Morocco by flying over border in paraglider
WOULD-BE migrants trying to reach Spanish soil from North Africa will go to desperate measures to get across the borders at the exclave cities...
Sevilla father who lost his son after violent arrest by Spain’s Civil Guard fears cover up in investigation
A DESPERATE father has shared videos of his son’s arrest by the Civil Guard in a bid to draw attention to what he considers...
‘World’s biggest marijuana bust’ is not what it seems, claims Spanish businessman at centre of case
THE Civil Guard billed it as not just the biggest marijuana bust ever seen in Spain, but also in the whole world. Operation Gardens,...
Opposition party calls on Spain’s interior minister to quit over Melilla migrant tragedy that killed 23
SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) has called on Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (pictured above) to be sacked over the Melilla migrant tragedy in...
Civil Guard admits using scores of gas canisters during Melilla migrant tragedy that left 23 dead
THE SPANISH Civil Guard has admitted that it used a huge amount of riot material, such as tear gas, during the migrant tragedy in...
Spain’s Civil Guard seizes biggest haul of marijuana the world has ever seen
THE SPANISH Civil Guard has found the biggest ever haul of marijuana, estimated to have a street value of at least €64 million.
According to...
BBC documentary about Spanish border tragedy prompts fresh calls from political parties for explanations
A DOCUMENTARY from the BBC about the tragic migrant deaths in June this year at the border between Morocco and the Spanish city of...
Three dead after man holes up in Ciudad Real country house and fires rifle at passers by
A MAN was shot dead by the Spanish Civil Guard on Wednesday after allegedly having fired a rifle at drivers and pedestrians in the...
Authorities in Spain arrest drug gang after discovering 66 kilos of cocaine hidden inside heavy machinery
SPANISH authorities have made eight arrests and seized 66 kilograms of cocaine, after detecting a gang that imported drugs from Peru well hidden inside...
Spain’s Civil Guard launches armed air marshal unit for flights deemed high risk
SPAIN’S Civil Guard is launching a new unit of air marshals who will travel armed and in plain clothes on national and international flights,...
Teacher in Spain’s Madrid area investigated after pendrive containing images of schoolgirls changing found on street
A court in the Madrid city of Móstoles is investigating a schoolteacher for allegedly filming around a dozen 12-year-old girls as they got changed...
Video: Civil Guard investigates convoy of cars where passengers were hanging out of windows
SPAIN’S Civil Guard is investigating two people for dangerous driving after videos were shared on social media of a convoy of vehicles in Salamanca...
Woman arrested after driving wrong way up Madrid motorway in bid to avoid paying a toll
SPAIN'S Civil Guard has arrested a woman in Madrid after she drove the wrong way up the R-3 motorway – in an apparent bid...
Warning: Over 20 teen gang of thugs robbing drunk tourists in Magaluf
BRITS heading to Magaluf have been warned that a gang of 20 teenagers are robbing and attacking drunken holiday makers.
The Spanish Civil Guard has...
HUSH HUSH: Spanish Government continues communications crackdown in Catalonia
POLICE from Spain's Civil Guard have occupied the Centro de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologias de la Información (CTTI) in Barcelona in an attempt to shut...
British officers join international patrol force in Mallorca
Anderson and Williams join an international force in Mallorca aimed at maintaining peace between tourists and residents
Spanish policemen face long prison sentences for ‘torturing’ two Brits in custody in Mallorca
A captain and three police officers stand charged with intimidating and viciously attacking the two Brits, who had been arrested after a pub brawl
Guardia Civil reveal their ten most wanted criminals
The most wanted include Italians, Moroccans, French and Venezuelans, but no Brits
Spanish border guards banned from firing rubber bullets
Melilla and Ceuta have seen mass migration attempts from Morocco in recent weeks
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Main road to Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain’s Granada remains blocked by rockfall
MOTORISTS visiting the Sierra Nevada ski resort at Granada's Pradollano, in Monachil, are experiencing lengthy diversions because of a dramatic rockfall on the A-395...
