Rare medieval codex turns up 84 years after vanishing during Civil War in Spain
A rare codex dating back to the 13th century has been recovered in Spain after it went missing in 1938. A soldier 84 years ago
Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain’s Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday
A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his Camp
Leader of Madrid-based gang jailed for stealing catalytic converters across Spain
A criminal gang who stole catalytic converters across Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil after thefts in Alicante Province. Five Romanian nationals
Benidorm’s Terra Natura park welcomes deadly tarantula and snakes seized from Costa Blanca house in Spain
A poisonous tarantula and two snakes have been removed from an Altea house and taken to Benidorm’s Terra Natura nature and animal park. Altea council
Hi-tech electronic scam foiled to give written driving test answers on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A written driving test candidate went to extraordinary lengths to pass the exam by using hi-tech gear at the Alicante test centre. Driving tests in
Massive bust sees arrest of corrupt police officers who helped gangs smuggle drugs into Spain
A HUGE investigation into drug trafficking has led to sixty arrests including a network of police officers who helped gangs smuggle their illicit wares into
Drunk British groom spends wedding night in prison after hitting new wife on Spain’s Mallorca
A British man had a wedding night to forget on Mallorca after hitting his wife and being carted off to jail. The young couple flew
Police find €400,000 in checked-in suitcase for flight from Spain’s Valencia to Turkey
A man tried to smuggle €400,000 out of Spain on a flight from Valencia Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. Guardia Civil officers at the luggage scanner
Thief takes surfboard-style La Manga sign from Mar Menor area of Spain and posts video of it in Madrid garden
THE Guardia Civil is looking for a Madrid man who stole one of the iconic surfboard-style kilometre signs from the Mar Menor in Murcia. The
Postman stored over 20,000 undelivered letters at his Alicante area home in Spain
A builder doing renovation work on an Alicante Province house discovered over 20,000 undelivered letters dating back to 2012. The Guardia Civil heard about the
German tourists accused of setting fire to Mallorca bar in Spain by throwing fag ends from balcony are jailed
A Palma judge has got tough with a group of German tourists accused of setting fire to a bar terrace that was destroyed in s’Arenal
Lettuce lorry carrying marijuana worth €3.7 million pulled over in Spain’s Bilbao before boarding Ireland-bound ferry
OVER half a ton of marijuana has been seized from a lorry officially taking lettuce to Ireland. The truck had travelled from southern Spain to
Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Costa Blanca area of Spain
SIX people, including two children, have been charged over a spate of racing pigeon robberies in the Alicante and Valencia areas. Stolen birds worth €50,000
Smuggler stuffs live turtles, tortoises and crabs into carry-on suitcase for flight from Costa Blanca airport in Spain
A passenger planned to fly out of Alicante-Elche airport with 46 live turtles, tortoises and crabs in his carry-on luggage. The 64-year-old man was booked
€1.1 million bank swindle uncovered after single customer complaint from Spain’s Costa Blanca
A single complaint from a Costa Blanca bank customer over €11,648 stolen from his account has exposed a nationwide €1.1 million swindle. The Guardia Civil
Police chase drug smugglers around beach after unloading five ton hashish stash in Spain’s Murcia
FIVE tons of hashish was intercepted by the Guardia Civil after officers stumbled upon a boat unloading the consignment at a Murcia cove. Four traffickers
British toddler drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A British toddler drowned in a swimming pool at Aigues on Wednesday. The Guardia Civil in Xixona got a report at 6.15 pm of an
British teenager may be paralysed after diving head-first into shallow end of Magaluf swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca
A British teenager may be paralysed for life after he jumped into the shallow end of a Magaluf beach club swimming pool on Tuesday. The
Costa Blanca couple lie to police in Spain to get insurance pay-out over ‘stolen’ car taken by son
A Pinoso couple have landed in hot water after lying to the Guardia Civil over a stolen car in order to get an insurance pay-out.
Boy, 6, drowns in banned seaside swimming area as mother and brother survive in Spain’s Valencia
A boy, 6, drowned on Saturday while swimming with his mother and elder brother, 9, in a prohibited area of Canet d’en Berenguer beach in
Mallorca bar terrace in Spain destroyed after German tourists throw cigarette butts off hotel balcony
A Mallorca upper bar terrace was destroyed after German tourists threw cigarette butts down onto it from a hotel balcony party. 13 people have been
Hot pursuit car chase roars through towns in Spain’s Alicante area after motorist dodges police checkpoint
AN unlicensed young motorist led the Guardia Civil on an hour-long chase through Alicante Province towns after turning round from a checkpoint. The man, 20,
Benidorm family drugs gang converted squatted homes into drug dens and sales points on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Benidorm drugs gang operating out of three illegally occupied Villajoyosa homes has been brought down in a joint Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional operation.
Elderly bather dies at Costa Blanca beach in Spain with no lifeguards or local ambulance to try to save him
SWIMMERS at a Torrevieja beach were unable to save a 72-year-old man who drowned on Wednesday morning. Eyewitnesses said he was spotted face down in
Squatter nearly drowns in building’s underground water cistern on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A female squatter in Sant Joan d’Alacant almost drowned after falling into a building’s underground water cistern. A passer-by heard shouting coming from the block
Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia region industrial estate in Spain
A Castellon Province waste management factory owner is being investigated over a poisonous discharge that forced drinking water supplies to be cut off for a