Tag: Policia nacional
Missing girl, 15, is found safe and well after presenting herself at a police station in Malaga
A MISSING 15-year-old girl from Spain’s North African city Melilla has been located safe and sound after she handed herself in at a police...
British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l'Alfas del Pi 'social club' that...
British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of...
A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her...
‘Have-a-go’ shop worker dragged down the street by robbers getaway car on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO robbers ran over an Alicante shop worker who clung onto the hood of their getaway car for around 100 metres.
The Policia Nacional went...
Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down
A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before...
Cult leader who ‘fed his followers mercury’ to ‘revitalise’ them and lived in a ‘cave with multiple women’ is...
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested the leader of a Murcia region cult who is accused of administering mercury to his followers.
The Spaniard named as...
BREAKING: British woman is arrested in connection with the assassination attempt of far-right politician in Spain
A BRITISH woman is one of three people detained by the Policia Nacional over the attempted killing of the former head of the Partido...
Dozens arrested for duplicating SIM cards of unsuspecting victims and using their data to go on €110,000 shopping spree...
A FOUR-STRONG Valencia gang ran a phone card fraud that syphoned off over €110,000 from 15 victims.
The criminals hired 31 'mules' across Alicante and...
Robbery gang from Moldova is arrested after ‘raiding 100-plus homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca’
A HOME robbery gang has been charged with committing 101 burglaries across the Valencian Community and Murcia.
Nearly 100 items of jewellery and watches have...
Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them...
POLICE have arrested two members of a criminal gang that stole medium to high range cars across the Costa Blanca and then tried to...
Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands.
The Policia Nacional sprung into...
Apartment block hit five times by robbers taking art objects in Spain’s Valencia
TWO men targeted a Gandia apartment block in Valencia province five times to steal a variety of art-related objects valued at €150,000.
The thieves, 35...
Child pornography sting in Spain sees 121 arrests: Police describe mammoth operation as one of the biggest crackdowns in...
A MAJOR operation against child pornography distribution and production in Spain has seen 121 people arrested - all of whom used the same digital...
Violent armed robbers who ‘stormed homes in broad daylight’ in Spain’s Valencia are arrested in major raids
TWO violent home robbery gangs operating in Valencia province have been brought down by the Policia Nacional.
Four men and two women of Croatian and...
Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia
TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional...
Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At...
A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids.
The owner...
Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa...
TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia...
Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers
A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers.
The Policia Nacional...
Crackdown on pirate TV across Spain: Arrests in Alicante and Andalucia reveal 18,300 customers were watching €366m worth of...
EIGHT people have been arrested for providing pirate subscription television services to over 18,300 customers from two operational centres in Alicante and Sevilla provinces.
The...
Teenage girl, 18, ‘is gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia
POLICE are investigating a gang rape suffered by an 18-year-old woman in the Malvarrosa beach area of Valencia last Saturday morning.
The teenager was assaulted...
Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’...
A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested.
The judge's...
Stolen jewels worth €60 million are discovered in Spain after vanishing from Ukraine museum
THE Policia Nacional have arrested five people in Madrid and recovered 11 gold items of jewellery valued at over €60 million taken from a Ukraine...
Benidorm carer fleeces elderly man of €80,000 after her sub-standard care left him hospitalised
A BENIDORM caregiver has been arrested for stealing over €80,000 from a man, 90, who had to be hospitalised because she did not do...
Teenager, 19, is fatally slashed in the neck in broad daylight in Spain’s Valencia
A TEENAGE man died on Saturday afternoon in Valencia after being stabbed in the neck in the Orriols district of the city.
Eyewitnesses said there...
Bomb threat forces evacuation of 1,000 students at university in Spain’s Valencia
A BUILDING at Valencia's Universitat Politecnica was evacuated on Wednesday following a bomb threat.
The Telecommunications Faculty was cleared at noon shortly after the warning...
Brazilian ‘cleaners’ conned and forced to become sex workers at Costa Blanca brothel in Spain
FIVE WOMEN forced to work as prostitutes in Spain's Alicante province have been freed by the Policia Nacional following collaboration with the Brazilian...
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German prosecutors have confirmed...
