Tag: el campello
Police smash Costa Blanca drugs gang who exported narcotics out of Spain
A Costa Blanca-based drugs gang has been brought down in a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional.
Four men and two women...
Costa Blanca real estate agency operated pyramid-style swindle conning €5 million out of clients in Spain
THE Guardia Civil has arrested three people and are investigating three others over a massive real estate scam.
The agency, Grupo Lorelai, operated out of...
Two drownings in one day on Benidorm and Costa Blanca beaches in Spain
TWO people died on Wednesday from drowning on Costa Blanca beaches just days after the Valencian government launched a 'safe beaches' campaign.
26 bathers have...
Costa Blanca drugs traffickers use post offices in Spain to mail narcotics to UK and USA
THREE Czech nationals have been arrested for running a mail order drugs service out of the Costa Blanca.
They were based in Playa de San...
Bogus coppers kidnap Russian couple to get cryptocurrency wallet codes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Guardia Civil is probing the kidnapping of a Russian couple by bogus police officers in the San Juan beach area of Alicante on...
Two Costa Blanca beaches in Spain shamed with ‘black flag’ awards due to sewage dumped into sea
TWO Alicante Province beaches have been awarded Black Flags for 2022 by environmental group, Ecologists in Action.
Cala Lanuza(pictured) and Cala Baeza between El Campello...
Crooked electrician steals tonnes of copper cable from Costa Blanca communities in Spain
AN experienced electrical installer stole 1.8 tonnes of copper cable from urbanisations across Alicante Province.
He caused over €40,000 of damage and sold the wire...
Costa Blanca property sales led the pack for 2021 house deals in Spain
THE Valencian Community had the most home sales per head of population of any Spanish region in 2021, according to the College of Registrars.
Their...
Lorry driver, 5 times over drink-drive limit, hits cars and does not stop for police on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A drunk lorry driver hit two cars in Alicante before speeding 150 kilometres north to Valencia where he was stopped at a disused toll...
Staff at special needs home on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over mistreatment of autistic resident
FOUR people at an El Campello residential special needs centre have been arrested for allegedly harassing and mistreating an autistic person.
Other staff members involved...
El Campello leads Costa Blanca hotel occupancy boost despite fewer British bookings in Spain
COSTA Blanca hotel occupancy reached 85.8% in August- the highest monthly number since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020.
El Campello led the...
Violent man breaks restraining order and threatens to throw woman off an El Campello balcony on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN El Campello man breached a restraining order to threaten a woman's life if she did not have sex with him.
Police surrounded the woman's...
Police catch burglar ‘red-handed’ after stealing from 22 homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A serial robber who plundered over 20 Costa Blanca homes was caught in a special Guardia Civil operation in El Campello.
The 45-year-old man has...
Body of blue shark that appeared in Benidorm washes up on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A blue shark that swam to the shore of Benidorm's Poniente beach last Thursday has died.
The 2.5 metre female was spotted aground on Saturday...
Beaches will be closed overnight in town on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to young Alicante visitors holding illegal parties
EL Campello is to shut its beaches at night because youngsters are coming in from Alicante to stage illegal parties.
The council will impose a...
Sniffer dog tries to find poisoned food aimed at killing pets on a Costa Blanca canine beach in Spain
A specialist dog has been trying to sniff out poison deliberately left on a Costa Blanca canine beach.
The beach is at El Campello where...
BEACH SHUTDOWN with big police presence to stop San Juan parties on the Costa Blanca in Spain
MOST Costa Blanca beaches will be closed this evening(June 23) to stop any overnight San Juan parties including the celebratory bonfires.
It's the second year...
British man’s life saved after suffering from severe heatstroke while lying on a Costa Blanca beach in Spain
LIFEGUARDS saved an elderly British man who lost consciousness after spending too much time in the sun on a El Campello area beach.
The unnamed...
Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother’s state pension for over six years
A 48-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for claiming over €90,000 from his mother's state pension after she died in...
Pringles snack tubes with drugs and cash in false bottoms don’t fool police on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO Costa Blanca men could'nt fool the Guardia Civil at a checkpoint after officers discovered drugs and cash in two Pringles snack tubes.
The men...
Young mother knifed to death in motiveless street assault on Spain’s Costa Blanca
HUNDREDS of people turned out on Saturday(November 14) for a minute's silence in memory of a young mother who was stabbed to death in...
Illegal party that broke COVID-19 rules is raided by Guardia Civil on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA BLANCA farmer faces a big fine after hosting an illegal party at his El Campello finca.
The man had been previously sanctioned for...
Brits escape prison time after shipping in ‘super drug’ into Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO BRITISH men will not go to prison for planning to distribute a synthetic drug up to 80 times stronger than cannabis.
The unnamed duo...
Freak accident sees unmanned motorboat hit woman in waters of Spain’s Costa Blanca
A TWIST of fate saw a woman injured by a motorboat propeller in the waters of a Costa Blanca beach at the weekend.
The 33-year-old...
Woman arrested for letting dog starve to death on her balcony in Alicante
A WOMAN has been arrested after her dog starved to death trapped in a balcony on the Costa Blanca.
The Spanish woman, 45, said the...
British expat, 86, arrested for stabbing his wife in their Alicante nursing home
The man tried to harm himself after the attack
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