Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea
A BRITISH man was arrested at Palma de Mallorca airport after the Policia Nacional discovered he was wanted for drug offences in South Korea. The
Police arrest man who stole €7k of jewellery from his aunt and was flying to UK from Costa Blanca airport
A MAN stole €7,000 of jewellery from his aunt and was arrested before he could board a UK-bound flight at Alicante-Elche airport. Authorities have not
Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend
THE Supreme Court has announced a November trial of Spain’s Attorney General over alleged leaking details about the partner of a leading opposition figure. 40
French murder fugitive chased on Costa Blanca motorway with vehicle towing stolen boat
A FRENCH fugitive wanted for murder stole a boat from his native country but was arrested on a Costa Blanca motorway- after the craft’s GPS
British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit
THREE people have been arrested in Mallorca over a pyramid scam that swindled victims out of at least half-a-million euros. A British expat says he
Ex-mayor committed fraud over ‘illegal’ villas sold to British buyers in picturesque Alicante area town
A FORMER mayor of Lliber, Jose Mas, has been convicted of fraud over licences granted to the building of 290 illegal villas. The properties were
Ex-police chief cleared of hate crime charge after saying ‘virtually all arrests’ in Spain involve foreigners
A FORMER Valencia police commissioner has been cleared of committing a hate crime after claiming that most immigrants arriving by boat in Spain are criminals.
Homeless man stabbed to death with umbrella during sleeping area argument in Valencia
A ROW between two homeless men in a Valencia doorway escalated into a violent assault with one of them fatally stabbed by part of an
Squatters spark outrage by calling police on three burglars trying to break into ‘their’ home in Malaga town
A GROUP of Malaga area squatters called police to say the property they were occupying illegally was being robbed. The break-in happened on September 22,
WATCH: Drunk British stag party en route to Benidorm are removed by police after forcing Ryanair plane to land in France
AN UNRULY drunken British mob jetting off on a Benidorm stag weekend forced an Ryanair flight to Alicante-Elche airport to land at Toulouse-Blagnac in France.
OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect arrested for drug trafficking on Costa Blanca
THE wife of the alleged killer of John George, whose body was found dumped in a Costa Blanca ditch last January, has been arrested after
Crafty burglars used glue threads on front doors to check if Costa Blanca homes were unoccupied
A BURGLARY gang used glue to confirm that homes were empty before ransacking them. The two ring-leaders of the Torrevieja-based crew were jailed after a
Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes
THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over
Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list
A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.
Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’
A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.
REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025
ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from
Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences
A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for
Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia
A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped
Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year
ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The
Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of
WATCH: Police bust gang who pocketed €560k by supplying high-speed boats to migrant smugglers in Spain
A GANG made €560,000 by supplying high-speed boats to traffickers transporting illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. Six members of the crew have been arrested
Gangster who ‘broke out of jail in Italy and fled to Spain’ arrested in sleepy Barcelona barrio
AN ITALIAN gangster on the run for nearly two months who faced 28 years in prison has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Barcelona.
Tourist assaults British partner at Costa Blanca airport, injures four police officers, and damages two patrol cars
A MAN caused chaos at Alicante-Elche airport after an eye-witness saw him violently assault his British partner. The attacker was described by Elche City Council
Irish crime boss John Gilligan is bailed over drug lab charges after spending eight months behind bars in Spain
IRISH mobster John Gilligan has been released from prison after being arrested in December for running a pink cocaine drug laboratory at his Orihuela Costa
Man chained ex-girlfriend to bed until she signed over her Mallorca home and car to him
A SPANIARD has been accused of tying his ex-girlfriend to a bed in his Mallorca home to force her to sign away her flat and
Heartless gang impersonates charity workers to steal clothes for needy worth €1m in Spain
THIEVES pretended to be charity workers to steal second-hand clothing worth around €1 million from containers in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional have arrested