Mossos d'Esquadra

Brawls and tension between Barcelona’s Pakistani and Algerian communities in El Raval force police to set up summer check point

CATALUNYA police have extended a 10-day increased presence to a full summer post to prevent violent crimes among Raval neighbourhood members. Barcelona’s police presence has

26 Jun, 2026 @ 13:47

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

British man, 63, dies in paragliding accident in Catalan Pyrenees

A BRITISH man has died in a paragliding accident in Spain after becoming tangled in power lines, according to reports. The 63-year-old was flying near

18 Jun, 2026 @ 13:36

Alicante·Lead

Welcome to Barcelona, Leo: Man is gunned down in the street as Pope prepares to inaugurate Sagrada Familia tower

A MAN was shot dead on a Barcelona street on Wednesday close to the Policia Nacional station while events in the Catalan capital are dominated

10 Jun, 2026 @ 12:13

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police find a dozen AK-74 assault rifles inside Porsche Cayenne heading towards Barcelona during routine stop

SEVERAL military-grade assault rifles were discovered inside a Porsche Cayenne after its occupants fled from police during a motorway chase in Catalunya. The incident unfolded

13 May, 2026 @ 17:09

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

New figures reveal that foreigners made up 60% of sexual assault arrests and 73% of violent robbery arrests in Catalunya last year

FOREIGN nationals have accounted for 60% of sexual assault arrests and 73% of violent robbery arrests in Catalunya over the past year, according to new

12 May, 2026 @ 10:39

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Wheelchair-bound pensioner ‘stabs and kills thief who tried to steal his gold chain’ in Barcelona horror robbery gone wrong

A THIEF was stabbed to death after trying to steal a necklace from a wheelchair-bound pensioner in a horrendous Barcelona robbery gone wrong. Catalan police

8 Apr, 2026 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Ram-raid gang struck at jewellery stores in Spain- using stolen cars and netting items worth €1m

POLICE have busted a ram-raid gang that used high-power cars to smash into 27 jewellery store shop-fronts across Spain in five months. Authorities said that

8 Apr, 2026 @ 13:00

Castellon·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Europe’s biggest fake perfume factory offering knock-off Chanel, Dior and Gucci is uncovered in northern Spain

AUTHORITIES in Catalunya have busted Europe’s biggest counterfeit perfume factory with 1.2 million bottles valued at €94 million seized. Four warehouses were used to produce

18 Feb, 2026 @ 11:10

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Catalunya’s government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

LEFT-WING regional politicians have criticised Catalunya’s government for doing deals with an Israeli firm to supply gear to the police. The former ERC-led separatist administration-

9 Aug, 2025 @ 08:01

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

Elderly woman loses all her money as two carers steal €524k in Spain

TWO carers have been arrested in Barcelona for clearing out an elderly woman’s bank account to the tune of €524,000. Police said two sisters, aged

30 Jul, 2025 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Three more terror arrests in Catalunya bring the total to 20 this year

THREE suspected jihadists accused of supporting terrorist groups like Daesh have been arrested in Barcelona province. A joint operation between the Policia Nacional and the

2 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Mossos d’Esquadra admit ‘mistakes’ after Carles Puigdemont fled Spain: Leaked report reveals police drone turned away at key moment of Catalan separatist’s escape from Barcelona

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have admitted that ‘mistakes’ were made in their plan to arrest Carles Puigdemont after the former Catalan president successfully fled Spain once

26 Aug, 2024 @ 11:54

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Carles Puigdemont ‘is already back in Belgium’ after brief return to Spain from exile

FUGITIVE Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is ‘already back in Belgium’ after he briefly returned to Spain this week for the first time in seven years.

9 Aug, 2024 @ 11:16

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Second Mossos police officer is arrested for ‘helping separatist Carles Puigdemont disappear in Spain’ following his return from exile

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a second officer over their alleged involvement in helping Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader, to escape from Barcelona following his

8 Aug, 2024 @ 19:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Police discover body of man surrounded by headless chickens in bay on Spain’s Costa Brava

THE Catalan regional police made a bizarre discovery on Sunday, when they found the body of a man in a small bay on the Costa

4 Aug, 2024 @ 15:47

Catalunya·Lead

Fifty people left injured after coach carrying Inditex employees smashes into tunnel mouth, becoming vertically wedged in entrance

AROUND 50 people were left injured on Tuesday after a coach suffered a spectacular accident while travelling from Barcelona to Tordera in the Catalunya region.

16 Jul, 2024 @ 13:16

Catalunya·Lead

Judge in Spain shelves case against riot police officers who fired projectile that caused a young woman to lose an eye: ‘She must bear the consequences,’ he rules

A JUDGE in Spain has shelved a case that had been brought against three riot police officers in Barcelona, after they fired projectiles during disturbances

23 May, 2024 @ 16:33

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Barcelona: Body of man, 50, is found floating off the beach of Sitges, sparking police investigation

THE body of a man has been found floating off the shores of Barcelona. The 50-year-old was seen in the waters off the popular resort

28 Apr, 2024 @ 12:11

Catalunya·Lead

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona seek thieves who stole watch worth €500,000 from tourist

POLICE in Barcelona are seeking a pair of thieves who made off with a watch worth €500,000 on Friday. One of the duo ripped the

14 Dec, 2023 @ 13:09

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Bomb threat in Spain’s Barcelona forces evacuation of far-right party Vox’s office

THE HEADQUARTERS in Barcelona of Spain’s far-right political party Vox had to be evacuated on Thursday, after a bomb threat was made via telephone. According

2 Nov, 2023 @ 18:10

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Dozens of Coldplay fans scammed with fake tickets in Barcelona

Dozens of Brits attending the Coldplay concerts in Barcelona this week have been scammed with fake tickets. Police are dismantling a complex network that has

28 May, 2023 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Authorities in Spain bust two criminal gangs who used explosives to steal from cash machines

THE SPANISH authorities have busted two criminal gangs who specialised in using explosives to steal money from cash machines. A total of 14 people were

16 May, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Look mum, no hands! Moped rider fined €600 after recording TikTok dancing while on the road

THE CATALAN REGIONAL police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have slapped a moped rider with a €600 fine and docked her six points off her driving licence,

2 May, 2023 @ 20:30

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Investigation into missing British rugby player Levi Davis, 25, is halted in Spain a year after he vanished from Barcelona

Missing Levi Davis may have been spotted in the water by cruise ship entering Spain’s Barcelona

THE MOTHER of Levi Davis who disappeared in Barcelona on October 29 has been told he may have been spotted in distress in the port.

20 Apr, 2023 @ 11:16

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Brawls and tension between Barcelona’s Pakistani and Algerian communities in El Raval force police to set up summer check point

British man, 63, dies in paragliding accident in Catalan Pyrenees

Welcome to Barcelona, Leo: Man is gunned down in the street as Pope prepares to inaugurate Sagrada Familia tower

Police find a dozen AK-74 assault rifles inside Porsche Cayenne heading towards Barcelona during routine stop

New figures reveal that foreigners made up 60% of sexual assault arrests and 73% of violent robbery arrests in Catalunya last year

Wheelchair-bound pensioner ‘stabs and kills thief who tried to steal his gold chain’ in Barcelona horror robbery gone wrong

Ram-raid gang struck at jewellery stores in Spain- using stolen cars and netting items worth €1m

WATCH: Europe’s biggest fake perfume factory offering knock-off Chanel, Dior and Gucci is uncovered in northern Spain

Catalunya’s government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

Elderly woman loses all her money as two carers steal €524k in Spain

WATCH: Three more terror arrests in Catalunya bring the total to 20 this year

Mossos d’Esquadra admit ‘mistakes’ after Carles Puigdemont fled Spain: Leaked report reveals police drone turned away at key moment of Catalan separatist’s escape from Barcelona

Carles Puigdemont ‘is already back in Belgium’ after brief return to Spain from exile

Second Mossos police officer is arrested for ‘helping separatist Carles Puigdemont disappear in Spain’ following his return from exile

Police discover body of man surrounded by headless chickens in bay on Spain’s Costa Brava

Fifty people left injured after coach carrying Inditex employees smashes into tunnel mouth, becoming vertically wedged in entrance

Judge in Spain shelves case against riot police officers who fired projectile that caused a young woman to lose an eye: ‘She must bear the consequences,’ he rules

Horror in Barcelona: Body of man, 50, is found floating off the beach of Sitges, sparking police investigation

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

Police in Spain’s Barcelona seek thieves who stole watch worth €500,000 from tourist

Bomb threat in Spain’s Barcelona forces evacuation of far-right party Vox’s office

Dozens of Coldplay fans scammed with fake tickets in Barcelona

Authorities in Spain bust two criminal gangs who used explosives to steal from cash machines

Look mum, no hands! Moped rider fined €600 after recording TikTok dancing while on the road

Missing Levi Davis may have been spotted in the water by cruise ship entering Spain’s Barcelona

‘Fodechinchos’: The bizarre nickname locals in northern Spain give tourists from Madrid – but what does it mean?

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Breakthrough study reveals secret ‘heat-making switch’ inside brown fat – which could help fight obesity

Catalan scientists recruit 5,000 volunteers for world-first study into how a total solar eclipse affects the human body – here’s how to take part

Spain’s rental crisis deepens as nearly 23,000 homes vanish from the market in fresh blow for tenants, report warns

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