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Police arrest woman who could not pay restaurant bill in Spain’s Valencia
A WOMAN who could not pay a restaurant bill has been arrested by the Valencia Policia Local.
The 34-year-old customer spent six hours on Thursday...
Thieves rob hotel guests on Spain’s Costa Blanca by doping them with drugs
TWO thieves targeted Alicante hotel guests with at least six victims being involuntarily drugged.
The men- aged 19 and 21- have been arrested in the...
Violent criminal with multiple arrests is charged with attempted nightclub killing in Spain’s Valencia
A HABITUAL criminal who stabbed a man four times in a Valencia nightclub has been arrested by the Policia Nacional.
The 38-year-old Spaniard had over...
UPDATE: Two dead in Madrid after being hit by a car escaping Guardia Civil in high-speed pursuit
Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city...
Woman’s skeletal remains found next to suitcase at luxury golf resort in Spain’s Andalucia
A GARDENER has discovered the skeletal remains of a human body next to a suitcase in Benahavis in Malaga province.
The worker raised the alarm...
Suspect in deadly Algeciras church attack told police he had been ‘chosen’ by Allah
THE SUSPECTED jihadist who killed a church assistant and injured several others in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras in January told police officers...
Time runs out for fake luxury watch distribution gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DISTRIBUTION network involving thousands of fake watches imitating high-end brands has been broken up by the Policia Nacional.
The bogus timepieces were dispatched right...
Drugs in plane sight: Ex-airport worker at Spain’s Barajas thought to have earned €24m from drug trafficking
SPAIN’S High Court is investigating a former employee at Madrid’s Barajas Airport who is alleged to have amassed a €24 million fortune from trafficking...
Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca
A FRAUDSTER has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca accused of the misappropriation of over €100 million through a crypto scam.
The Spaniard, 60, is...
Police catch child gang stealing electric scooters in Spain’s Benidorm
A GANG of child thieves have been arrested for stealing electric scooters parked close to a Benidorm sports centre.
Police received reports from scooter owners...
Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia
A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over...
Police shut down drugs den operating next to children’s playground on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a drugs den in the centre of Guardamar del Segura which operated a few metres away from a...
British man gets conditional bail over doorman death at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s restaurant in Spain’s Andalucia
A BRITISH man has been granted conditional bail after being arrested in connection with the death of a doorman at TOWIE star Elliot Wright's...
Man arrested after throwing bicycle at shop owner in Palma de Mallorca
A 35-year-old Moroccan was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at the owner of an internet cafe in Palma's Pere Garau neighbourhood around 8pm...
Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca's historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage.
The station...
Habitual criminal breaches restraining order banning him from Palma in Spain’s Mallorca
A HABITUAL criminal, who was banned from entering Palma, breached the restraining order after just five days to steal a pair of trainers.
46-year-old Bartolome...
Angry Amazon delivery driver in booze-fuelled revenge ramming of Valencia police car in Spain
A 26-YEAR-OLD Amazon delivery driver deliberately drove his van into a parked Valencia police car because he was angry for being penalised for using...
Sex trafficking gang busted with 15 female and male victims freed in Spain’s Murcia
TWO BROTHELS that sexually exploited people brought in mainly from Columbia have been closed down by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region.
The businesses...
Woman arrested after husband hears phone chat to kill him with rat poison in Spain’s Andalucia
A WOMAN from Lucena in Cordoba province has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for plotting to kill her husband with rat poison
The...
Suspended Policia Nacional officer steals gun and is shot dead in petrol station showdown in northern Spain
A POLICE officer was shot dead by armed Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional agents at a petrol station in northern Spain on Wednesday morning.
The...
Driver bailed after fatal collision with British cyclist in Spain’s Almeria area
A British cyclist died after being hit by a hit-and-run driver in Almeria province on Sunday.
The accident happened in Turre at around 10.30am when...
Son taking medication fatally stabs mother at Valencia holiday home in Spain
A 24-year-old man stabbed his mother to death on Sunday evening inside a cabin at Los Carasoles campsite in Enguera, Valencia province.
The assailant- said...
Irish mobster, Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch set to return to Spain after murder acquittal
AN Irish gang boss extradited from Spain three years ago and charged with a 2016 Dublin murder, was acquitted by a judge on Monday.
Gerry...
‘It’s a stitch up’: Anti-drugs officer facing bribery allegations is being set up by vengeful narco traffickers, colleagues claim
COLLEAGUES of a decorated Guardia Civil counter narcotics officer facing charges of bribery have claimed he is being set up by vengeful drug trafficking...
Thieves distracted travellers in well-planned robberies at Spain’s Valencia airport
THREE thieves operating at Valencia airport have been arrested in the terminal departure area by the Policia Nacional.
The trio- all Serbian nationals- have been...
Holidaymakers robbed after coach luggage door is forced open in Spain’s Valencia area
TWO MEN broke into a French tourist coach outside a hotel in Albalat dels Tarongers in Valencia province on Saturday lunchtime and stole items...
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