Car insurance agent pocketed customer premiums in mass fraud on the Costa Blanca
A COSTA Blanca motor insurance agent has been accused of pocketing premiums paid by 27 clients who unknowingly were not covered to drive their vehicles.
Car theft warning in Spain: Thieves are using high-tech gadgets to steal luxury vehicles in expat areas on the Costa Blanca
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly stealing high-end vehicles by using high-tech gadgets in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. Two cars with
Wedding guests arrested after firework sets off blaze destroying 17 cars and damaging many others on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO wedding guests have been arrested after setting off fireworks that caused a blaze which destroyed 17 cars and damaged 17 others in Javea last
Extreme drought threatens wine producers with rabbits eating vine shoots in Spain’s Alicante area
THE persistent extreme drought in Alicante province is posing headaches for local vineyards, especially in the Marina Alta region. The Denomination of Origin Vinos de
British and Irish expats who ran a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca are arrested for ‘selling drugs disguised as food’
SEVEN people including British and Irish expats have been arrested for running a Denia cannabis club that sold drugs packaged up as food. The Policia
WATCH: Huge fire engulfs 34 cars in port popular with tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FIRECRACKER is suspected of starting a giant blaze that destroyed 17 cars and damaged at least 17 others in a Javea port car park
Cyclist, 59, is seriously injured after swerving to avoid a wild boar on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA Blanca cyclist was seriously injured on Saturday after veering out of the way of a wild boar and crashing to the ground. The
Belgian man, 46, is critically injured after falling and hitting his head and chest during a hike on Spain’s Costa Blanca
CALPE’S municipal sports field was used as an emergency base for two helicopters on Thursday after a Belgian hiker suffered an accident on the Peñon
Colombian, 36, is arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine in his car boot’ on a ferry from Denia to Ibiza
A MAN has been arrested in Denia on the Costa Blanca for trying to board an Ibiza-bound ferry with over a kilo of cocaine hidden
Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang
Horror killing in Alicante: Body of missing Singapore tourist Audrey Fang is found dumped 150km away with 30 stab wounds – as police quiz prime suspect
A MAN has been arrested for the murder of Singapore tourist Audrey Fang, who was reported missing from her Javea hotel on April 9. The
Missing: Mystery over Singapore tourist, 39, who vanished from her hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca a week ago
A SINGAPORE tourist has been reported missing after she was last sighted leaving a Costa Blanca hotel on April 9. Audrey Fang, 39, had travelled
Alicante fire latest: Three firefighters are injured as forest blaze tears through more than 500 hectares and forces the evacuation of 180 people – including dozens of hippies who tried to stay behind
MORE than 500 hectares of forest land have been destroyed by a fire in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. The blaze – most
Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain
THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds
Police force launches rapid response unit to deal with violent incidents on Spain’s Costa Blanca
JAVEA’S Policia Local has created a specialist unit called ERIS (Esquadra Rapida d’Intervencio i Suport) to deal with violent incidents that need an immediate response.
Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle
AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale
One of Europe’s oldest ‘most wanted’ fugitives is arrested outside his luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Austrian swindler who made €9 million from a scam in his native country has been arrested outside his luxury Costa Blanca villa. The man-
Sand dredged and moved to revitalise a Costa Blanca beach as part of new marina project in Spain
REGENERATION of a Calpe beach has started three years late, after a boundary dispute delayed a major marina development. Sand is being dredged from the
Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THIEF who robbed 37 Costa Blanca bars and restaurants met his match when three Javea residents spotted him jumping the fence of a house
British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998
THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000
Plan for major new route moves forward to link motorway with popular expat city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
PLANS costing around €30 million for a third exit road between the AP-7 and the Marina Alta are set to move forward. The Ministry of
Popular urban park set for summer reopening after three-year closure after contractor walked away from project on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A POPULAR Javea park could reopen in time for the summer, after it was closed for renovation work- way back in September 2021. A contractor
This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007
ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties
General Franco is STILL an honorary son of this town on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SPAIN’S former fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco, still has his name attached to Javea as the municipality’s ‘adopted son’- an honour dished out by the
British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.
Popular Costa Blanca tourist area in Spain is getting its first five-star hotel
CALPE is set to get its first five-star hotel on the site of a half-built hotel in the Los Pinos seafront area. A building licence
