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Violent gang members who robbed dozens of homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca are finally arrested

A HOME robbery gang has been arrested in two Alicante province towns and charged with 21 burglaries as well as drug trafficking. The Guardia Civil detained four men- aged between 30 and

21 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

How a Polish gang ‘flew into Spain to rob homes in British expat hotspots before returning home with their spoils’

A POLISH gang that specially flew to Spain to carry out home robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. After two men were detained on the Costa del Sol in September,

18 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of cocaine seized. Two Policia Nacional cars were

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Woman in Spain’s Sevilla arrested after her newborn baby was found abandoned in a rubbish bin

A WOMAN has been arrested in Seville after her newborn baby girl was discovered abandoned on December 19 in a rubbish bin with her umbilical cord still attached. The detainee will now

10 Jan, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Man shot dead by bullets to the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia believed to be related to drug trafficking

POLICE believe the death of a 30-year-old man shot in the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia, not far from the Costa del Sol, is related to drug trafficking. Guardia Civil agents

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while the government is forced to suspend ALL administrative deadlines

Cyber criminals swindle victim out of €237k over property purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 16 people for defrauding a woman out of €237,622 by intercepting and altering emails to trick her during a Costa Blanca property purchase. Investigations started in March

29 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Kidnap victim rescued by police after €100,000 ransom demand on Spain's Costa Blanca.

Albanian mafia kidnaps and tortures man before demanding €100k ransom from his girlfriend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have freed a 24-year-old man who was held hostage for two days in Calpe with the kidnappers demanding a €100,000 ransom from his girlfriend. Five people have been arrested

27 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Former cleaner steals nun's bank card to make multiple cash withdrawals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Nun’s bank card stolen and used in multiple ATM withdrawals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ex-cleaner who stole a nun’s bank card and racked up €2,640 of cash withdrawals has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Petrer. The 42-year-old Columbian woman with no previous record

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Army captain who ordered Cordoba soldiers to go into a near-frozen pool of mud is suspended after two died

THE CAPTAIN of a Cordoba-based army unit that saw two men die during an exercise on Thursday has been relieved of his command while a judge investigates the circumstances that led to

22 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead

Nearly100 deer die in a natural park in Spain’s Andalucia due to weather-related lung disease

‘Illegal’ hunter who ‘beheaded majestic deer in the dead of night after slaying them with a gun and silencer’ is arrested in southern Spain

A MAN who hunted deer with a silencer and night-vision goggles in Spain’s Andalucia to use their heads as trophies was arrested in a police probe. Guardia Civil agents were called to

22 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded weapons including machine guns at his home on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded machine guns at his Costa Blanca home in Spain

A FORMER solider has been arrested in Villajoyosa for operating a clandestine workshop where he upgraded weapons and made gunpowder and metal gun cartridges. The 48-year-old man with ‘military experience abroad’ was

21 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation ‘Neckars’ led to the detention of 16 people- 11 men and

17 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Castellon·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Residents launch citizen patrols to stop burglaries in popular expat area of Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents launch vigilante patrols on Spain’s Costa Blanca following surge in burglaries

A SHARP spike in home robberies has forced worried residents of Pinar de Campoverde on the southern Costa Blanca to demand action to catch the perpetrators. It’s even reached the stage where

11 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in Spain's Murcia

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in southern Spain

A SECOND-HAND car salesman from Cartagena has been arrested for scamming seven victims out of €100,000. The 36-year-old Spaniard worked at an undisclosed dealership and the Guardia Civil are continuing their probe

7 Dec, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Murcia

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned to Spain with illegal migrants. Six Algerians

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community

Three pitbulls are shot dead by police in Spain just hours after they attacked a woman enjoying a morning walk

THREE PITBULLS that seriously injured a Mallorcan woman when she was out for a walk have been shot dead by police. The 38-year-old victim was attacked by the dogs shortly before 10.00am

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Animals·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat’s home is taken over by squatters who turn it into mammoth marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of an Aspe property belonging to a British national who died in 2022. The Spaniards, aged 54 and 28, identified

28 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Ay, caramba! Moment a huge €130m haul of ‘Bart Simpson cocaine’ sent from South America is seized in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container on a Quart de Poblet industrial estate in Valencia province. Some of the cocaine packs- with a total retail

27 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Girl, 3, taken to hospital after early-morning fire destroys flat in Spain’s Valencia area

ELEVEN people including a three-year-old girl were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a 12-storey apartment block in Canet d’en Berenguer, Valencia province. The child, along with six other victims,

24 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is brought down in Alicante

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante

FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse were raided in the city by the

22 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Dozens arrested for duplicating SIM cards of unsuspecting victims and using their data to go on €110,000 shopping spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FOUR-STRONG Valencia gang ran a phone card fraud that syphoned off over €110,000 from 15 victims. The criminals hired 31 ‘mules’ across Alicante and Valencia provinces who withdrew money from hijacked

20 Nov, 2023 @ 19:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7 motorway in Alicante province. An Orihuela-based Guardia

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

French expat, 25, is arrested after ‘setting up a fake shopping website and defrauding British and other customers out of €200,000

A 25-YEAR-OLD Frenchman has been arrested in the Valencia area on 104 counts of fraud and money laundering after tricking online buyers to purchase goods they never received. The cyber-criminal laundered his

15 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Devastating November fire was caused by power lines touching tree branches in Spain's Valencia

Farm labourers may have started forest fire that devastated 2,500 hectares of trees and land in Spain’s Valencia

A SMALL bonfire close to the Montitxelvo sports centre could have sparked a forest fire that destroyed 2,500 hectares of land in the Vall d’Albaida and Safor regions of Valencia province. The

11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Border guards find 90 kilos of cocaine with ‘Scarface’ pictures smugglers tried to take INTO Morocco from Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE have found 90 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a car smugglers tried to take into Morocco at a ferry port in Spain’s Andalucia. The find surprised the guards that are normally

7 Nov, 2023 @ 09:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada on the southern edge of the Costa

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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