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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

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

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

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

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

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

French fugitive wanted for drive-by shooting is surrounded by gun-wielding police in Spain’s Alicante province

A FUGITIVE wanted for attempted murder in Strasbourg, France, has been arrested by gun-wielding Guardia Civil officers in Alicante province. The man, 31, has dual

3 Nov, 2023 @ 14:12

Alicante·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

British retirees living in Spain's Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

Nursing home scandal: 10 workers are arrested for reckless homicide after ‘covering up how resident died in a car park’ in Spain’s Murcia

TWELVE workers at a Murcia nursing home are being investigated over the death of a resident after her family received anonymous letters that she didn’t

30 Oct, 2023 @ 15:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Dogs maul woman, 96, to death after ‘escaping from their home’ in Spain’s Murcia and pouncing on their victim

A WOMAN died in hospital on Saturday- five days after being attacked by two dogs that had escaped from their neighbour’s home in the Alguazas

30 Oct, 2023 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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

Man confesses to killing in Spain’s Murcia after throwing body down a well

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have discovered the body of a man missing for nearly two months- dumped into a Jumilla well in the Murcia region. Diakina

25 Oct, 2023 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Murcia

Love scam’ warning after woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca loses €80,000: Victim sold properties and took out loans to ‘help’ her fake lover

A GATA DE GORGOS woman was conned out of over €80,000 by online love scammers who pretended to have a romantic relationship with her. The

25 Oct, 2023 @ 12:53

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

WATCH: Policeman in Spain is voluntarily attacked with a TASER during training session: Guardia Civil agent screams in agony before blood oozes from his back

THIS is the moment a Spanish police officer is willingly tasered by colleagues as part of a bizarre training session. A video from Civil Guard

24 Oct, 2023 @ 15:44

Lead·Sevilla

Thief targets distracted supermarket shoppers in Spain's Alicante area

Thief targets distracted supermarket shoppers to steal valuables in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ELUSIVE thief who went on a systemic campaign of stealing from Mercadona supermarket shoppers in Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.

24 Oct, 2023 @ 13:49

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

'Madman' arsonist using Molotov cocktails revealed as a lawyer in Spain's Valencia

Manhunt for ‘madman’ arsonist who struck up to NINE times in forest in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA’S mayor has branded an arsonist a ‘madman’ after he’s suspected of striking three times in the El Saler district at the weekend. The Guardia

24 Oct, 2023 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

A BRITISH man, 43, faces nine years in prison after being charged with raping his son’s female friend at a Magaluf hotel in May. The

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl riding a bicycle with her mother in Llubi on Wednesday was killed after they were struck by a driver who had taken

19 Oct, 2023 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from Ibiza to Germany after failed first attempt

IBIZA authorities have finally got rid of a Hell’s Angel leader who was wanted in his native Germany on drugs trafficking charges after hiding out

19 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Parents sold teenage daughter for €2,000 to 'boyfriend' who pimped her out in Spain's Andalucia

Parents sold teenage daughter for €2,000 to pimp ‘boyfriend’ who sexually exploited her in Spain’s Andalucia

FIVE PEOPLE have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after they rescued a 17-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution at a shanty town camp

18 Oct, 2023 @ 16:08

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thieves rob homes as part of their summer holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR GEORGIAN men rented Torrevieja area holiday homes over the summer to use them as bases to rob properties across the Vega Baja and Medio

17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Predator, 45, ‘sexually abuses Ukrainian children’ in Spain ‘after taking in their families’ following Russia’s invasion

A 45-year-old Ukrainian has been arrested for alleged sexual assaults on Ukraine refugee children in Cartagena, Murcia. He was detained in Catalunya as he planned

17 Oct, 2023 @ 11:50

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Ukraine

Man screams in support for Hamas before sexually assaulting two women on train in Spain

A TRAIN passenger who shouted he was from the Palestinian-based terrorist group Hamas and then sexually assaulted two women, has been arrested by the Guardia

16 Oct, 2023 @ 18:06

Crime & Law·Lead

Irish fugitive accused of helping cover up the murder of Carl Carr on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies before standing trial

AN IRISH fugitive wanted over the cover up of the murder of fellow Irish national Carl Carr in Torrevieja five years ago has died suddenly

12 Oct, 2023 @ 15:54

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

Stolen olives worth €500,000 seized in warehouse raid in Spain's Sevilla

It’s oil over: Thieves who stole 74 TONNES of olives are arrested in Spain’s Andalucia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 74 tonnes of stolen olives from a Sevilla province warehouse- the latest theft triggered by soaring prices caused by a

7 Oct, 2023 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Sevilla

Two women ‘drugged elderly people to rob their homes before stripping them naked and taking photos’ in Spain’s Valencia

TWO WOMEN who drugged, humiliated, and robbed elderly people in two Valencia province towns have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The Spanish females- aged

6 Oct, 2023 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Two men are jailed for rape of young British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm

TWO ALGERIAN men have been arrested for allegedly raping a British tourist in the Benidorm area on August 25. The age of the victim has

5 Oct, 2023 @ 11:16

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

Zig-zagging ‘nine times over alcohol limit’ lorry driver chased by police on Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

A DRUNK Ukrainian lorry driver was pulled over on the A-70 motorway in Alicante after zig-zagging between lanes for over three kilometres. The Guardia Civil

4 Oct, 2023 @ 16:06

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Teenage youths in mass fight brandishing machetes and knives as horrified parents look on at junior soccer match in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FIGHT in a football stand between teenage groups forced police to suspend a match in Javea on Saturday, with two boys arrested and several

2 Oct, 2023 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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