police

Police claim man who died during arrest in Torremolinos phone shop cried ‘Allahu Akbar’ and threatened them with scissors

POLICE on the Costa del Sol say a man who died after being tasered inside a Torremolinos phone shop on Sunday had threatened officers with

11 Dec, 2025 @ 13:05

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

THE victim, named locally as Angel, was attacked just before 7:40am on the Alameda de Capuchinos, near a post office and a cafe where he

26 Aug, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga·Málaga

Police arrest 83-year-old man in Madrid for ploughing into group of cyclists and driving away as they lay seriously injured

AN 83-year-old man has been arrested for running over four cyclists in Colmenar de Oreja and fleeing the scene, over two weeks ago. The incident

18 Aug, 2025 @ 14:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A VIOLENT street fight in Puerto Banús, Marbella, left a teenager in hospital and one person under arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning,

11 Aug, 2025 @ 12:31

Andalucia·crime·Lead·Marbella

Far-right fugitive Tommy Robinson flees to Tenerife after alleged UK assault – but could he soon return to mainland Spain?

FAR-RIGHT rabble-rouser Tommy Robinson has done a runner again to Spain – this time fleeing to Tenerife just hours after allegedly knocking a man unconscious

30 Jul, 2025 @ 15:54

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police in Spain issue fraud warning: Scammers use ‘fake QR codes’ from DGT to ‘swindle thousands in bogus fines’

FRAUDULENT speeding tickets displaying the city’s coat of arms have been found by local Malaga police. The fines reportedly lack basic information, such as the

29 Jul, 2025 @ 16:50

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears

A POLICIA Nacional inspector has accused the stepson and late husband of Marbella’s mayor of laundering more than €7 million of suspected drug money, as

23 May, 2025 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Police celebrate ‘few incidents’ and just eight arrests after 60,000 British football fans arrived in Spain

POLICE in Spain have praised the success of an enormous security operation after only eight arrests were made during the Europa League final in Bilbao,

22 May, 2025 @ 11:51

Bilbao·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Police outrage as Spain rules possessing or taking drugs in a parked vehicle ‘is not to be punished’

THE Spanish Secretary of State issued an instruction to the Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil, stating that the consumption of drugs in a parked vehicle

8 May, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead

Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle

A MAN believed to be around 25 years old died on Sunday after being struck by a car on a busy stretch of the A-7

6 May, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

POLICE have rescued three young children from a ‘house of horrors’ in rural Oviedo, where they had allegedly been confined for four years by their

1 May, 2025 @ 17:14

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

The ultimate inside job: Bank cleaner in Spain’s Marbella steals thousands when staff ‘not looking’

IN a case that’s left colleagues stunned, a cleaner working at a bank branch in Marbella has been arrested after allegedly stealing €16,000 in cash

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Daylight robbery thwarted in Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cops make dramatic take down

THIS is the moment when police officers caught armed robbers red handed. Yesterday morning, two assailants tried to rob a currency exchange office on Avenida

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

‘We’re in a state of shock’: Horror in Spain as baby boy is mauled to death by family dog

A BABY boy aged just 11 months has died in Spain after being attacked by the family dog. The incident happened at around 6pm on

23 Feb, 2025 @ 10:35

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Other News

Young Costa Blanca cyclist goes berserk and attacks police officers after refusing to take a breath test

Warning in Torremolinos after violent thugs place expat, 64, into a chokehold and rob him – following wave of identical attacks in Barcelona

AN elderly man who lives in Torremolinos was the victim of an attack which could have resulted in brain damage and even death. Originally from

18 Feb, 2025 @ 14:53

Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Spanish cop kneels on British ‘thug’ in Marbella as plot to kidnap crypto broker is foiled

SPANISH police have arrested three British men in a dramatic operation following an alleged kidnapping plot involving a UK-based cryptocurrency broker on the Costa del

11 Feb, 2025 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Video

Humiliating police blunder in Spain: Major city loses almost HALF its patrol cars overnight after ‘bosses forgot to book their MOTs’

THE city of Sevilla was left with 45 fewer police cars on Wednesday following a blunder by the force’s headquarters. Dozens of Policia Local patrol

25 Sep, 2024 @ 16:59

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Father of missing Jay Slater calls for Interpol to take over the case as family continues their search in Tenerife for the 19-year-old bricklayer

THE father of missing Brit Jay Slater has called for Interpol to get involved in the case, more than three weeks after the 19-year-old bricklayer

9 Jul, 2024 @ 13:11

Tenerife

Alicante man kills his wife and then turns shotgun on himself during weekend of four domestic murders in Spain

Ferrari driver ‘waves a gun at people’ outside a school in Marbella: Bizarre behaviour sparks dramatic police response in San Pedro

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have opened an investigation after a man described as of an ‘advanced age’ and driving a Ferrari ‘waved a gun’ at people

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Three youngsters killed, two seriously injured, in horror car crash in Spain’s Madrid region

THREE men aged around 20 years old were killed in a horror car crash in the Madrid city of Leganes on Saturday morning, while the

6 Apr, 2024 @ 15:18

Lead·Madrid

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

SOME 1,500 passengers on a luxury cruise ship were left stuck on board their vessel in Barcelona port on Tuesday, after Spanish border officials refused

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Paw patrol: Highly intelligent robot dog joins a local police force on Spain’s Costa del Sol – this is what it can do

A ROBOT dog has joined a local police force on the Costa del Sol and will soon patrol the streets. READ MORE: Watch: Five arrests

19 Mar, 2024 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Travel warning for ‘unruly’ British tourists in Spain: Mayor of popular resort vows to crackdown on ‘yobbish’ behaviour

TOUGHER penalties have been promised against drunken tourists and criminal behaviour in the Playa de Palma area of Mallorca. Palma mayor, Jaime Martinez, made the

7 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

11 NeoNazis in Spain arrested with guns and arms seized as leaders call for government overthrow

POLICE have arrested 11 leaders of a NeoNazi group who allegedly called for their thousands of followers to arm themselves and overthrow the government. During

18 Dec, 2023 @ 11:38

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his tenants in their most intimate moments

THE TINY camera pictured above was the tool used by a landlord in Mallorca to secretly record 10 of his tenants, most of them female,

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police claim man who died during arrest in Torremolinos phone shop cried ‘Allahu Akbar’ and threatened them with scissors

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

Police arrest 83-year-old man in Madrid for ploughing into group of cyclists and driving away as they lay seriously injured

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

Far-right fugitive Tommy Robinson flees to Tenerife after alleged UK assault – but could he soon return to mainland Spain?

Police in Spain issue fraud warning: Scammers use ‘fake QR codes’ from DGT to ‘swindle thousands in bogus fines’

Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears

Police celebrate ‘few incidents’ and just eight arrests after 60,000 British football fans arrived in Spain

Police outrage as Spain rules possessing or taking drugs in a parked vehicle ‘is not to be punished’

Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

The ultimate inside job: Bank cleaner in Spain’s Marbella steals thousands when staff ‘not looking’

WATCH: Daylight robbery thwarted in Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cops make dramatic take down

‘We’re in a state of shock’: Horror in Spain as baby boy is mauled to death by family dog

Warning in Torremolinos after violent thugs place expat, 64, into a chokehold and rob him – following wave of identical attacks in Barcelona

Watch: Spanish cop kneels on British ‘thug’ in Marbella as plot to kidnap crypto broker is foiled

Humiliating police blunder in Spain: Major city loses almost HALF its patrol cars overnight after ‘bosses forgot to book their MOTs’

Father of missing Jay Slater calls for Interpol to take over the case as family continues their search in Tenerife for the 19-year-old bricklayer

Ferrari driver ‘waves a gun at people’ outside a school in Marbella: Bizarre behaviour sparks dramatic police response in San Pedro

Three youngsters killed, two seriously injured, in horror car crash in Spain’s Madrid region

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

Paw patrol: Highly intelligent robot dog joins a local police force on Spain’s Costa del Sol – this is what it can do

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

Travel warning for ‘unruly’ British tourists in Spain: Mayor of popular resort vows to crackdown on ‘yobbish’ behaviour

11 NeoNazis in Spain arrested with guns and arms seized as leaders call for government overthrow

These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his tenants in their most intimate moments

British man survives hail of bullets hitting his car and is ‘out of danger’ at Costa Blanca hospital

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

British ‘narco’ fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence

What to do if your Costa del Sol property is squatted – as Marbella police confirm okupas CAN be kicked out immediately without a long court battle

Brit in Spain advises against going autonomo as crackdown continues – now Bizum payments will be inspected