GRANADA SHOOTING: Man shot to death while sitting in car in Spain
A MAN in his forties has been shot and killed while sitting inside a parked car on a Granada avenue. According to official reports, emergency
Life-threatening ‘balconing’ foreign tourists fined €36,000 each and thrown out of Magaluf hotels on Spain’s Mallorca
FIVE FOREIGN tourists have been fined €180,000 for the dangerous practice of ‘balconing’ at Magaluf hotels so far this summer. The Calvia Policia Local has
Russian businessman accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain as he applied for asylum
A FORMER Russian company boss got a shock at Benidorm police station where we went to process his asylum application but ended up collared on
Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother is out partying all night on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl shopped her mother for going out all night with her boyfriend by shouting for help
Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent
THE POLICE had to be called to a park in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Wednesday night, after two fathers got into a
Two men found dead due to suspected overdose in Mallorca
Two bodies were discovered on July 24 in a town in Mallorca The cause of death was most likely an overdose however the Policia Nacional
Five men imprisoned for an illegal marihuana plantation in a luxury chalet in Alicante
An illegal marihuana crop was discovered by the Guardia Civil on July 24 in a luxury urbanization in Alicante. The men are all between the
Elderly British paedophile living on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets jailed for 15 years in UK
A BRITISH resident of Algorfa has been jailed for 15 years and given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order after sexually abusing a girl in
In joint operation between Spain and UK, authorities bust cocaine smugglers using recreational boats
SPAIN’S Civil Guard has carried out a joint operation with UK authorities to bust a drug-trafficking gang that was using recreational boats to smuggle their
Three-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Galicia after mother accidently leaves him in locked car
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child died on Thursday after his mother accidently left him in a locked car. The youngster passed away after spending several hours in
Woman tries to set herself alight because she could not board ferry at Spain’s Valencia
A 37-YEAR-OLD woman tried to set herself alight at the Port of Valencia in front of her young son after discovering they could not board
120 abandoned cars towed away in Spain’s Marbella
MARBELLA city council has removed more than 120 nuisance vehicles from public roads in the first semester. A total of 123 abandoned vehicles have been
Murderer of two women in Torremolinos confesses he killed his second victim in May
THE murderer of two women in Torremolinos has confessed he stabbed his latest victim to death in May. Marco Gaio Romeo, of Nettuno (Italy), was
Woman arrested for stabbing her husband with a pair of scissors in Alicante
A WOMAN has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder her husband by stabbing him in the side with a pair of scissors in Elche
British fugitive wanted for conspiracy to murder arrested in Spain’s Marbella
A BRITISH fugitive wanted on suspicion of conspiring to murder a fellow Brit has been arrested in Marbella. The 32-year-old man, who had an international
Man killed in Madrid while on way to work after stolen car crashes into his vehicle
A 63-YEAR-OLD man died in Madrid in the early hours of Friday morning after his vehicle was hit by a car that was fleeing the
Large snake surprises homeowner in Spain’s Rota
A LARGE snake has come as a big surprise for a Rota homeowner, who found the reptile slithering around the patio of his house. The
Young man arrested for allegedly murdering his 89-year-old great aunt in the Basque Country
A YOUNG man accused of murdering his 89-year-old great aunt has been arrested in Bilbao (Basque Country). The 28-year-old reportedly walked to a police patrol
Single bullet caused the deaths of a policeman and an assailant in Spain’s Jaen on Sunday
A SINGLE bullet caused the deaths of a policeman and an assailant in the municipality of Andujar on Sunday, according to autopsies carried out on
Police officer killed in Andalusia after quarrel between neighbours turns violent
A NATIONAL POLICE officer died on Sunday in the Jaen municipality of Andujar, Andalusia region, after he was stabbed by a man involved in a
27-year-old arrested for allegedly raping a woman while she was sleeping in Malaga
A 27-YEAR-OLD accused of sexually abusing a woman while she was sleeping at his house in Malaga has been arrested. The alleged rapist and the
Madrid police discover ‘dark room’ for orgies in the back of a local cafeteria
FROM THE outside, it looked like just another of Madrid’s many cafés. But inside this venue in the working-class neighbourhood of Usera, in the south
Chief inspector in Spain’s Basque Country offers extra days off for officers who arrest immigrants
A PROBE has been opened in the Basque Country after it emerged that a chief inspector from the National Police offered his officers days off
Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang who stole €1m thanks to identity theft
THE CIVIL GUARD has busted a gang who was using stolen ID cards to fraudulently apply for credit, racking up €1 million of ill-gotten gains
Minor who lived for years among piles of rubbish rescued in Estepona (Malaga)
A 14-YEAR-OLD believed to have lived for years among rubbish and diseased dogs has been rescued in Estepona. He lived with his grandmother and father,
Squatter accused of sexually assaulting a woman and stealing from her arrested in Malaga
A SQUATTER has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and stealing from her in Malaga. The accused, a 26-year-old irregular migrant living as