Gang robs dozens of foreign tourist cars at motorway service areas in Spain
A GANG who stole from cars belonging to foreign tourists at Valencia motorway service areas has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Six people have
Irish man stabbed but won’t reveal attacker’s name to police on Costa Blanca
A 29-year-old Irish man was stabbed by a knife on Sunday morning in the La Zenia area of the Orihuela Costa. The victim- according to
Illegal street sellers suffer setback as fake goods suppliers are raided on Costa Blanca
A MAJOR supplier of fake goods to illegal street sellers in Costa Blanca tourist areas has been taken down in Elche. Two warehouses containing 36,000
Girl, 2, is electrocuted on fairground attraction in Spain after touching metal fence
A GIRL, 2, was electrocuted while she was playing on a fairground trampoline in central Murcia. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her collapse when she touched metal
Hundreds of extra police officers will boost summer safety in Costa Blanca tourist spots
596 EXTRA Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional officers will be brought in to boost security over the summer in the Valencian Community. ‘Operation Verano’ runs
Search continues for British expat who vanished exactly two weeks ago from Costa Blanca home
THE Guardia Civil is leading the search for a British expat that disappeared exactly a fortnight ago on May 30. An extensive operation has been
Major ally of Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez resigns as corruption probe uncovers €620k of bribes
A SENIOR figure in the PSOE Socialist party has resigned over a corruption probe that could threaten the minority PSOE-led Pedro Sanchez government. Santos Cerdan,
WATCH: Gang arrested for supplying ‘weapons of war’ to drug traffickers in Spain
A GANG selling weapons of war to drug crews around Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. The military-style guns were supplied to
Woman stabbed to death during mass street fight involving Bulgarian rivals in Alicante area
A MASS brawl in a Villena street resulted in a woman being fatally stabbed with a knife. Three men aged 23, 40 and 43, and
Police officers strip off to rescue bather while another drowns at busy Costa Blanca resort with no lifeguards
A 70-YEAR-OLD man drowned at Torrevieja’s Playa del Cura on Tuesday and hours later a man aged 71 was saved by Guardia Civil officers at
Police shut off fuel supplies for illegal migrant boats travelling to and from Spain
A MURCIA-BASED gang supplying fuel and assistance to migrant boats travelling between North Africa and Eastern Spain has been detained by the Guardia Civil. Seven
Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel
TWO Irish brothers have been arrested over an alleged rape of a woman- also Irish- at a Magaluf hotel. The men, aged 20 and 23,
Irish woman, 37, is arrested for ‘fondling young Swedish tourist’s genitals’ in Mallorca Turkish baths
A MALLORCA hotel’s Turkish baths got very steamy when an Irish woman allegedly fondled a man’s penis without permission. The female- on holiday with her
Brit, 33, arrested in Mallorca for ‘breaking security guard’s jaw’ after trying to enter woman’s hotel room
A MALLORCA hotel security guard suffered a broken jaw after getting punched by a British man. The incident happened early on Monday morning in the
Body of young Irish woman discovered by partner inside Alicante area apartment
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of an Irish woman, 24, at an apartment in Albatera, Alicante province. She is understood to be from
British boy, 4, gets hand stuck in Mallorca hotel swimming pool suction pipe missing its safety grill
A BRITISH boy, 4, suffered a traumatic experience after his hand got stuck in the suction system of a Mallorca hotel swimming pool because there
‘Narco traffickers who threaten Spain must be treated the same as ETA terrorists,’ claims Andalucia president
JUNTA president Juanma Moreno has described the fight against drug trafficking as ‘David against Goliath’ as he called on Pedro Sanchez’s government to treat suspected
Irish man is shot in the head outside Costa Blanca shopping centre- suspect jailed
AN IRISH man, 21, was shot in the head inside a property close to the Zenia Boulevard Shopping Centre on the Orihuela Costa. The injured
British man, 40, launches frenzied assault on younger victim in Mallorca
A BRITISH man, 40, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for a violent assault on a German national in the Cala Millor area of
Police rescue – and arrest – tourist in Mallorca who swam out to sea ‘while drunk and high on drugs’
A DRUNK tourist visiting party hotspot Magaluf was arrested last week after acting in an aggressive manner towards police officers who had pulled the man
Slaughterhouse horror as mistreated animals are killed to supply Asian restaurants in Spain
A NETWORK of unlicensed slaughterhouses has been busted by the Guardia Civil in the Avila, Madrid, and Toledo areas. Meat from mistreated animals was supplied
British ‘tourists’ jailed after trying to smuggle 33 kilos of marijuana into Spain
A BRITISH couple have been jailed after flying into Valencia airport with over 33 kilos of marijuana stashed into two large suitcases. Asked about their
Tragedy in Tenerife: British boy, 4, drowns in hotel swimming pool
A BRITISH boy, 4, died after being pulled out of a Tenerife hotel swimming pool on Thursday. The incident happened shortly before 5pm at a
‘Kamikaze’ driver arrested twice in three days for driving on wrong side of motorway in Spain
AN ELDERLY motorist has been arrested twice in three days for driving on the wrong side of the motorway in the Murcia and Valencia regions.
British expat arrested for running ‘sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm on Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man has been accused of running a marijuana farm inside a warehouse in an Alicante province town. The 37-year-old expat has been arrested
Fruit warehouse could be fined €3m over massive banana scam in Spain
AN Alicante fruit and vegetable distributor could be fined up to €3 million for a scam involving bananas. The company has been accused of passing