Tag: Cocentaina
Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area
A pharmacist, 39, in the Cocentaina area of Alicante province has been arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medicines and selling them off to elderly...
Father arrested after baby girl takes cocaine in Alicante area of Spain
TESTS at Alcoy's Virgen de los Lirios Hospital have confirmed that a poorly baby girl had taken some cocaine.
Her father has been arrested by...
Sweatshop factory exploiter paid vulnerable foreign workers a pittance in Spain’s Alicante area
A 38-year-old clothes recycling warehouse owner has been arrested for exploiting workers at his Cocentaina factory in Alicante Province.
It's the latest in a series...
Sniffer dogs find Spanish Civil War bombs buried on old factory site in Alicante area
POLICIA Nacional sniffer dogs went to an old Alcoy factory after a bomb dating back to the Spanish Civil War was unearthed during renovation...
Police collar major drug-trafficking and money laundering criminals in Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain
TWO drug and money-laundering gangs that did business with each other have been brought down in the Valencian Community.
A seven month joint-probe between the...
Alicante area sweatshop owner in Spain ‘locked up’ workers for poorly paid 12 hour shifts with no COVID-19 protection
A textile factory owner has been arrested in Alicante Province for running a sweatshop that exploited employees.
The businessman, 44, was detained by the Policia...
Police raid Costa Blanca rental homes converted into giant marijuana farms in Spain
A major marijuana-growing operation has been smashed by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional in Alicante Province.
25 people have been arrested and nearly 15,000...