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Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has dropped a sedition charge against the exiled former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont, but a new move will be made to extradite

12 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

€140,000 cash found in spare wheel of stolen car in Spain’s Mijas

THE Guardia Civil have arrested, at a petrol station in Mijas, the driver of a high-end vehicle, apparently stolen in France last year. The incident

26 Nov, 2022 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Vintage wine thieves in Spain ordered to pay over €750,000 to insurance company

Man accused of stealing €1.6m worth of wine from restaurant in Spain appears in court over whisky theft

A man accused of stealing 45 bottles of wine with a value of €1.6 million made an appearance on Tuesday in a Madrid court for

19 Oct, 2022 @ 15:32

Lead·National News

Police bust gang accused of stealing up to €46,000 worth of luggage from passengers at Málaga’s main train station

Spain’s National Police force has arrested three people who are suspected of stealing up to €46,000 worth of luggage from passengers outside Málaga’s principal train

26 Sep, 2022 @ 17:37

Lead·Malaga

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain's Balearic Islands

Irish man injured in shooting in Spain’s Marbella

POLICE have confirmed that a 24-year-old Irishman has been injured in gun attack on the Costa del Sol. The incident took place just before 6pm

22 Sep, 2022 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Arrested For Carrying Two Puppies In A Plastic Bag

Man in Spain’s Granada arrested for carrying two puppies in sealed plastic bag in midst of suffocating heatwave

A MAN has been arrested for animal cruelty in Granada after carrying two puppies in a sealed plastic bag, inside a closed backback, magnifying the

5 Aug, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Gang that sold guns on black market arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

EIGHT people have been arrested in Malaga for illegally selling guns. The Guardia Civil arrested eight people involved in a network that sold 21 rifles,

24 Jun, 2022 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Cases of abuse against the elderly soar across Spain in wake of pandemic

CASES of abuse against the elderly have gone through the roof since the start of the pandemic in Spain. Approximately 5000 instances of abuse were

19 Jun, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spanish cops are hospitalised after 'accidentally' eating drug-laced sweets seized during raid of Costa del Sol cannabis club

11 kilos of gummy bears found to be laced with hallucinogenic substance seized by police in Spain’s Malaga

ELEVEN kilograms of gummy bears impregnated with 25N-NBOMe, a hallucinogenic substance better known as “La Bomba”, have been seized by police in the province of

10 May, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXPLAINED: What you need to know about rules for electric scooters in Spain’s Mallorca

NEW rules have now been imposed for scooter riders following an increase in accidents and fines. There were 700 fines in Palma alone, up until

20 Sep, 2021 @ 11:18

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Physiotherapist turned jewel thief arrested in Spain’s Malaga for nicking gold rings from a patient’s house

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a physiotherapist for looting jewellery from a patient’s house in Malaga last month. According to the police, the suspect, a

17 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

700 strong illegal party busted in Spain’s Linares

MORE than 700 revellers have been evicted from an illegal party which took place in Linares (Jaen) this Saturday. The Policia Nacional together with the

15 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Muslim cleric found not guilty of creating jihadist terror group on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MUSLIM cleric based on the Costa Blanca has been cleared by the National Court in Madrid of setting up a terrorist organisation and harbouring

16 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

European court raps Spain over police attack on peaceful protestors in 2014

SPAIN has been found guilty of flouting the right to protest during a violent police intervention at an anti-austerity demonstration in Valladolid in February 2014.

6 Oct, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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