Tag: robbery
Fresh warning as bogus gas inspector tricks elderly expats in Costa Blanca area of Spain
A bogus gas inspector has been caught in Denia with police warning residents to be careful over who they let into their homes.
The fraudster...
Costa Blanca sex fiend gets 32-year jail term in Spain for assaulting two women in one night
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for 32 years after admitting to two sexual assaults on Alicante women in one night.
The plea bargain deal...
‘Tens of millions’ of bitcoin stolen from US entrepreneur at his Madrid home in Spain
AN American digital entrepreneur says he was robbed of 'tens of millons' of bitcoin after thieves broke into his Madrid home.
The Policia Nacional is...
Benidorm thief displays football dribbling skills to distract and rob tourists visiting Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Benidorm thief showed off his footballing skills in a distraction robbery ruse in the city's Rincon de Loix area.
He demonstrated his dribbling abilities...
Expat despairs at insurance company demanding receipts for 100 year old jewellery after robbery on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Expat has slammed his insurance company after it demanded receipts for stolen jewellery that had been in the family for 100 years.
Brian Snell,...
Five years for threatening to burn woman alive for her handbag in Spain’s Castellon
A WOMAN in Castellon has been sentenced to five years in prison for pouring petrol on another and threatening to set her alight in...
Police in Spain bust criminal gang accused of stealing €3million worth of cars on the Costa del Sol
A TEAM of detectives have broken up a massive criminal gang responsible for snatching luxury vehicles on the Costa del Sol.
Police have been on...
Thug runs over elderly woman with car in brutal robbery in Spain’s Mallorca
Policia Nacional say the 80-year-old woman had caught the 40-year-old detainee trying to open up her car boot in Palma's Son Ferriol district
Two teens ‘stole goods from Marbella home and demanded ransom for their return’
TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with a robbery at a Marbella.
National Police say the pair were taken into custody on suspicion of stealing...
Two men arrested for brutally assaulting elderly women in robberies in Spain’s Mallorca
The thefts were particularly violent with all of the victims being followed home before being beaten and robbed
Police bust gang behind dozens of robberies at luxury villas across Spain’s Mallorca
A total of seven people, all originally from South America, were arrested in the operation
James Blunt reunited with prized possessions stolen from villa in Spain’s Ibiza
The popstar's stolen possessions are reportedly on their way home
WATCH: Couple arrested for robbing cemeteries of over 2 tonnes of bronze statues throughout Spain’s Toledo region
A MARRIED couple have been detained for the theft of nearly half a million euros worth of statues and ornaments from cemeteries in central...
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A BRITISH businessman and his wife have been robbed in a car-jacking incident in Spain by criminals posing as ‘good Samaritans’,...
Violent villain goes on armed crime spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Murcia man who threatened victims during robberies has been accused of going on a four-day crime spree in Torrevieja.
The 32-year-old from Molina de...
Clumsy robbers leave trail of blood back to their own house after bungled robbery on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE had little difficulty catching a pair of clumsy burglars - they simply followed a trail of blood to catch the hapless duo.
They...
Two men charged over Costa Blanca killing of British pensioner during home robbery
TWO men have been arrested in Crevillente after a British woman died in a house robbery on the southern Costa Blanca last November.
The body...
Three arrested in Alicante for robbing car owners using the ‘Peruvian method’ – watch method here
GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested three men in Alicante who robbed unsuspecting car owners using the so-called Peruvian method.
The thieves punctured car tyres and robbed...
Thief caught red-handed burglarising FOURTH Costa Blanca villa was also wanted on Spain’s Costa del Sol
GUARDIA Civil have arrested a Russian man as he was burglarising a fourth house in as many days on the Costa Blanca.
According to reports,...
WEB OF SHAME: Man dressed as Spiderman injured after botched burglary attempt on Spain’s Costa del Sol
AN attempted burglary went spectacularly wrong in Malaga on Sunday after a man dressed as Spiderman fell nearly seven metres from an apartment balcony.
The...
Foiled by fruit – tardy pair of Costa Calida criminals impeded by booty of ‘berries
POLICIA Nacional arrested a pair of serial thieves fleeing from a Cartagena bar, last week.
Observant locals had contacted police after witnessing a fruit shop,...
Police arrest a gang of ten thieves who committed 57 robberies on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE police have arrested a gang of thieves who committed 57 robberies in the province of Malaga.
CAUGHT: Brit who stole €1.5million at gunpoint cornered in Tarifa after two years on the run
Interpol wanted fugitive arrested by Policia Nacional getting off a ferry from Morocco from Gibraltar's highest valued armed robbery
Police in Sevilla bust gang of robbers and seize five firearms, €1,550 and two luxury cars
Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with the raids.
Spanish man arrested after cutting woman’s shirt with scissors during bungled attempted robbery in Malaga
Passersby stopped the suspect in his tracks and alerted police
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY: Crackdown sees nearly 20% of Palma’s terraces closed, leaving Mallorca expat owners struggling to make ends meet
It comes after a draconian dictat came into force removing an initial 179 outdoor seating areas from some of Palma’s most popular restaurants
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New COVID-19 record but hospital admissions are much lower than 2021 numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of...
A new pandemic record daily total of 39,585 cases was reported this Tuesday in the Valencian Community.
Exactly a year ago, the total was 8,423.
The...
