Guardia Civil officer and his kids arrested for money laundering in Costa del Sol’s Estepona The public official, who is actually based in Ciudad Real, is now awaiting trial, according to the source 5 Apr, 2019 @ 10:43 Crime & Law·Lead
FISHY BUSINESS: Spain’s Guardia Civil seize illegally caught 180kg bluefin tuna in Marbella It is a crime to catch, transport and market seafood without having documents and labels to trace the product 2 Apr, 2019 @ 11:28 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with fake name Judge Rhys Rowlands told Hayes that he wouldn’t automatically get parole after serving half of his sentence, saying it is possible he could serve it 27 Mar, 2019 @ 12:30 Crime & Law·Granada·Lead
British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas 26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it outside’ mid-flight Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’ 26 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: ‘Woman not wearing shoes’ sparks bloody brawl on Ryanair flight from UK to Spain A picture showed blood on one of one of the plane’s overhead lockers before the flight set off back from Tenerife 18 Mar, 2019 @ 10:50 Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News
British expat in Spain who ‘asked friend’ to cut off his penis seemed ‘normal’ hours before but ‘struggled with gender’ The man was found staggering around Zaragoza dismembered and bloodied 16 Mar, 2019 @ 13:01 Crime & Law·Health·Lead
Giles Brown thought he had left his brushes with the law back in the 1980s One of the good things about being over a certain age, however, is that you don't tend to attract police attention 10 Mar, 2019 @ 10:31 Giles Brown: Loud and Clear
Local Vox leader in Spain arrested for alleged sexual abuse of disabled children and paying them for sex acts Police are now investigating to see if there are more victims and to see if there is more evidence on computers and tablets 6 Mar, 2019 @ 12:13 Crime & Law·Lead
GAS HORROR: Billionaire beer heiress and partner killed by noxious gas in €8 million Spain finca The family of Philippine - a professional osteopath and generous benefactor - are the third largest shareholders of multinational Ab Inbev, based in Belgium 28 Feb, 2019 @ 13:42 Lead·Mallorca
WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain 21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:08 Crime & Law·Lead·Sport
Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body 21 Feb, 2019 @ 15:12 Crime & Law·Lead
Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti Police training was put to use as officers in Rincon caught three graffiti artists red-handed 21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:41 Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga
Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month 19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Costa del Sol police arrest young mum for trying to throw daughter, three, out of 10th floor apartment window Police said the house was littered with feces and rubbish, and they found a dog locked in a cage with its own feces 18 Feb, 2019 @ 17:17 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters “All those who work or collaborate with drug traffickers will end up in jail" 12 Feb, 2019 @ 18:00 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla
Manhole cover thefts on Costa del Sol spiralling out of control as replacement costs total €80,000 Police are even now monitoring vehicles with specialised hooks that can lift up the heavy iron covers 12 Feb, 2019 @ 14:15 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
500 police begin HUGE drug bust on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Cadiz with boats and helicopters A police boat and at least two helicopters are also patrolling the skies and seas in the area 12 Feb, 2019 @ 12:34 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga
British model among arrests in Spain over brutal ‘love triangle’ murder of drug dealer Carl Carr buried by Costa Blanca motorway POLICE have now detained a British model and issued a European Arrest Warrant for an Irishman over the brutal killing of a drug dealer in 11 Feb, 2019 @ 15:35 Crime & Law·Lead
Man in Spain arrested as police find his girlfriend chopped up in freezer If this case is confirmed as gender violence, it would mark the 8th killing of a woman by a partner or ex-partner in 2019 8 Feb, 2019 @ 11:39 Crime & Law·Lead
HASH AND GRAB: Cannabis bales that washed up on Gibraltar beach in storm valued at £14 million All available units of the RGP and Gibraltar Defence Police were scrambled to cordon off the area and recover the bales 6 Feb, 2019 @ 13:37 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Costa del Sol policeman gets 18-month sentence for drink driving and faces charge for fatal accident Police said he had booze on his breath, but that he sped away in a car on the other side of the road to avoid 31 Jan, 2019 @ 11:31 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Dog walker finds dead ‘narco’ washed up on Costa del Sol beach after high speed police chase Neither chase resulted in a collision or anyone falling from the boat, according to police 30 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
DON’T JUDGE: ‘Fake lawyer’ on Costa del Sol arrested after she charged clients €2000 a minute “When you go to court nobody asks for your credentials,” veteran Marbella lawyer Antonio Flores told the Olive Press 22 Jan, 2019 @ 17:22 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
RED FLAG: British expat bar owner in southern Spain faces huge fine for refusing to take down Union Jack Tracey Walker and her customers think Brexit could be a factor 21 Jan, 2019 @ 13:56 Crime & Law·Lead·Politics
WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol. 21 Jan, 2019 @ 12:41 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga