Tag: guardia civil
Teenage youths in mass fight brandishing machetes and knives as horrified parents look on at junior soccer match in...
A FIGHT in a football stand between teenage groups forced police to suspend a match in Javea on Saturday, with two boys arrested and...
Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a...
POLICE in France and Spain have joined forces to arrest three men who allegedly broke into safes at luxury hotel complexes in Paris and...
German tourist ‘reborn’, as he recovers from severe cuts caused by a 3-metre fall into a glass panel in...
A GERMAN holidaymaker has miraculously survived from a horrendous 3-metre fall into a glass panel at a villa he had rented in Playas del...
Body in an advanced state of decomposition found in water treatment plant in popular expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa...
A BODY in an advanced state of decomposition has been found by workers of a sewage treatment plant in Orihuela Costa, in Alicante province,...
Knife-wielding gang members who threatened the family of a local policemen in Mallorca arrested
TWO members of a gypsy clan who pulled out a knife and made threats to the wife of a local police officer have been...
BREAKING: Bodies found floating off Spain’s Mallorca are of German father, 50, and son, 19, who vanished while sailing...
Spain’s Guardia Civil have confirmed to the Olive Press that two bodies recovered off the Manacor coast earlier this month belong to the German...
Irishman, 29, is arrested after ‘fleeing the scene of a fatal car crash’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 29-year-old Irish national over a hit and run car crash in Torrevieja that killed a motorist.
The man is...
UPDATE: Police confirm to the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ bodies found off Spain’s Mallorca are of missing German father...
Spain’s Guardia Civil have told the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ that two bodies recovered off the Manacor coast on Monday are a German father...
Colombian mafia tries to kill local businessman twice: Three hitmen and woman are arrested after failed drive-by shooting followed...
FOUR Colombian hired killers who attempted to murder a local businessman in Valencia province have been arrested by a Guardia Civil special unit.
Three hitmen...
Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for ‘defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of...
A TORREVIEJA holiday rental scam has been busted by the Guardia Civil with three Spaniards arrested- some of whom had previously committed similar frauds.
30...
Teenage ‘thief’, 19, is arrested after alleged victim spots him wearing his stolen t-shirt
A THIEF stole a football shirt from a Benitachell home in Alicante province only for the owner to spot him wearing it in a...
‘Cat killer’ who was ‘caught murdering a kitten on CCTV’ and accused of stealing three others from an animal...
A MAN who killed cats and stole them from an animal shelter has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in El Verger.
The 28-year-old Spaniard...
Two Albanians who ‘robbed more than FIFTY homes’ are arrested: Prolific duo accused of targeting expat neighbourhoods across Spain’s...
TWO MEN have been arrested for robbing 51 homes in Alicante province, with authorities believing they may have committed more offences.
The Albanian nationals aged...
Police uncover network of illegal water wells being used to irrigate farmland in Spain’s Murcia region
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a network of illegal water extractors in the Mazarron area after discovering 51 clandestine wells used to irrigate farmland.
Operation...
Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain
FOUR PEOPLE have been arrested in the Gandia area of Valencia province for stealing luxury cars that were specially ordered by overseas clients.
Three vehicles...
Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area
AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province
The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at...
Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on...
THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a 'cowardly and senseless' attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar...
Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa...
A WOMEN'S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca....
REVEALED: Popular hiking route where decapitated body of man was found by walker as Guardia Civil launch probe in...
THE exact location where a headless human body was found by a hiker in the province of Alicante has been revealed.
A Spain’s Guardia Civil...
Body of woman ‘aged between 50 and 60’ found floating in waters of upmarket port in Spain’s Mallorca
THE BODY of a woman in her 50's was found floating in the waters at the mouth of Port Adriano on Wednesday morning.
She was...
Young hiker may have died from heatstroke during long steep mountain walk with family members in Spain’s Alicante area
A 28-YEAR-OLD man died while hiking with family members in the northern hills of Alicante province on Tuesday.
One suggestion is that heatstroke may have...
BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf
ANOTHER Irish tourist accused of drug dealing has been arrested in Spain’s Balearic Islands, the second in less than a week.
The Irishman, who is...
Spanish fisherman charged for fishing near the Rock says he’s been ‘harassed’ by the Royal Gibraltar Police
A SPANISH fisherman who claims he is being ‘harassed’ by Gibraltar Police has been charged for fishing in the waters close to the Rock...
Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his...
A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of...
Scotch ya! Thief arrested after stealing a lorry carrying 14,000 bottles of whiskey in Spain’s Murcia
A spirit-loving thief stole a lorry containing over 14,000 bottles of whiskey that was parked up in Molina de Segura, Murcia.
The robber was said...
Norwegian expat, 54, laid dead in his Costa Blanca home for ‘at least 10 days’: Body is discovered after...
A STRONG stench wafting from a Torrevieja flat forced a Guardia Civil break-in with the discovery of a man's body which had been lying...
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Spain’s King Felipe nominates Pedro Sanchez for prime ministerial investiture vote
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI today proposed the Socialist Party’s Pedro Sanchez as candidate for prime minister, after the failed attempt of the Popular Party’s...
