Police in Spain offer tips to stop holiday rental booking scams
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has issued a scam warning to tourists ahead of the summer season looking to book vacation homes in Spain. There have been
Police in Spain arrest and investigate over 100 online buyers of fake university degrees
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested 20 people and are investigating another hundred in Spain for online purchases of bogus degrees from approximately 30 Spanish universities.
British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm dials his stolen mobile phone with police answering it
A 49-YEAR-OLD Spanish woman has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing a €1,000 mobile phone from a British tourist in Benidorm. While she
Man who refuses to pay restaurant bills strikes again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 50-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested 14 times in two months for not paying restaurant bills in Alicante has struck again after a four-month absence.
Foreign police join patrols in busy tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have welcomed their French and Italian counterparts once again this summer to patrol tourist areas of the Costa Blanca during the summer.
Hostel in Spain’s Benidorm in trouble for not telling police about criminals staying there
A HOSTEL in the Levante beach area of Benidorm had over a dozen criminals as guests with the Policia Nacional not being told about their
‘Love Hug’ robber who struck across Spain is finally jailed by Costa Blanca court
A ‘love hug’ robber and her getaway driver have been arrested in Elche after an elderly woman had a gold chain snatched in broad daylight.
Benidorm cybercrooks steal €50,0000 in bank ‘phishing’ con on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN have been arrested in Benidorm for illegally obtaining bank account and credit card details via phone text messages, which netted them around €50,000.
Key member of Kinahan Gang wanted by UK police is arrested on Spain’s Mallorca
A KEY member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Gang wanted by UK police on gun-running charges has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Mallorca.
19-year-old arrested for allegedly stabbing a shop manager in the neck in Marbella
A 19-YEAR-OLD who allegedly stabbed a food shop manager in the neck in Marbella has been arrested. The young man is accused of assaulting the
‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 30-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman who has arrest warrants dating back to 2015 for committing ‘love hug’ robberies has been arrested in the Alicante area. A
Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland
POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes.
UPDATE: Mother arrested for allegedly attempting to murder her two children with rat poison in Mallorca
A WOMAN allegedly tried to murder her two children, aged 4 and 14, by pouring rat poison in their food in Manacor on Sunday (May
Cocaine distributors moved supplies in hidden car compartments across Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has dismantled a cocaine trafficking gang in the Vega Baja region of Alicante Province. Investigators believe around a kilo of the substance
Fraudster reports fake car robbery after not paying hotel bill in Spain’s Valencia area
A SCAMMER pushed his luck too far after telling police that his car had been broken into and documents including his credit card stolen in
Six tonnes of coffee seized in drugs smuggling operation is donated to needy people in Spain’s Murcia
THE Policia Nacional have donated six tonnes of Columbian coffee seized during a drugs bust to a Murcia City food bank. 137 kilos of marijuana
Leader of a Castellon-based cult accused of sexually assaulting a follower arrested in Valencia
THE leader of a cult in Castellon province accused of sexually assaulting one of his followers has been arrested in Valencia. The accused, a Spanish
Police in Spain’s Barcelona arrest Ibiza robbers who snatched €70,000 watch from tourist
THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Barcelona have arrested two men who stole two high-end watches from tourists in Ibiza. A holidaymaker filed a complaint last Sunday
Criminal organisation that smuggled over one tonne of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports dismantled
A SOUTH American drug gang that smuggled over 1,200 kg of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports have been dismantled. All the seven members of
Police seize 322 kg of cocaine hidden between popcorn bags in Algeciras (Cadiz)
A TOTAL of 322 kg of cocaine hidden between popcorn bags inside a container have been seized at Algeciras Port (Cadiz). Policia Nacional were notified
Man accused of murdering ex last week in Torremolinos has allegedly confessed he also killed another woman who disappeared in 2009
AN Italian man accused of murdering his partner in Torremolinos (Malaga) last week is under investigation for another woman’s disappearance nine years ago. Marco R.,
Gang stole high-end cars to use for spare parts in Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX people have been arrested in Aspe and Petrer in a long-running Policia Nacional probe into the theft of high-end vehicles that were scrapped for
Police arrest four men for hanging dummy of Real Madrid player Vinicius from bridge in Spain
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested four men suspected of hanging a dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior from a Madrid area bridge in January.
Bogus computer expert cleared out over €250,000 from client’s bank account on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 28-YEAR-OLD Spaniard posed as a computer expert to steal over €250,000 from a client’s bank account in Alicante. The victim told the Policia Nacional
Man arrested for drunk driving and crashing car into a police station in Sevilla
A DRUNK driver has been arrested after crashing into a police station in Cerro Amate (Sevilla). The 23-year-old was allegedly driving with his arm in
Police disperse dozens of illegal sellers operating on a street on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALICANTE’S Policia Local and the Policia Nacional have carried out a joint operation to clear an Alicante street packed with illegal sellers. Neighbourhood associations in