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Thief uses dating app to meet victim and ties him up in ‘role-play’ game before knifepoint robbery in Spain’s Murcia

A cunning criminal lured in a victim by getting to know him via a dating platform before going to his Murcia home to violently attack

4 Mar, 2022 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Murcia

Costa Blanca Nursing Home Worker Robs Residents Of Jewellery And Sells It Off To Pawn Shops Across Spain

Costa Blanca carer steals jewellery from nursing home residents for pawn shop sales in Spain’s Benidorm and Granada

A woman worked for just a week in a Costa Blanca nursing home and stole jewellery from three residents. Five items made from gold ended

28 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Madrid

Gang 'short Circuited' Gaming Machines With Screwdrivers For Big Payouts In Costa Blanca And Murcia Areas Of Spain

Gang ‘short-circuited’ gaming machines with screwdrivers for jackpot wins in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

SIX people have been arrested for manipulating gaming machines in gambling saloons in the Murcia and Costa Blanca areas. The young gang struck in Torre

23 Feb, 2022 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Torrevieja

Cleaning Lady Steals Jewellery Worth €30,000 From Employer's Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Cleaning lady breaches trust to steal jewellery worth €30,000 from employer’s Costa Blanca home in Spain

A cleaning lady has been arrested in Mutxamel, Alicante Province, after raiding her employer’s safe to steal €30,000 of jewellery and cash. The 25-year-old woman

14 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man Wraps Cellophane Tape Around Elderly Uncle's Head To Suffocate Him After Robbery At Valencia Area Home In Spain

Nephew wraps cellophane tape around uncle’s head to suffocate him at his Valencia home in Spain

A 39-year-old man has been charged with trying to kill his uncle, 88, after stealing his bank card and PIN details. The nephew was arrested

26 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bogus gas inspector tricks and robs elderly expats in Costa Blanca area of Spain

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

17 Jan, 2022 @ 12:54

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca sex fiend who assaulted two women within four hours gets 32 years in Spanish prison

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

11 Jan, 2022 @ 14:01

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

‘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

3 Nov, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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

13 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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,

13 Aug, 2021 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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 order

11 Aug, 2021 @ 12:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

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

30 Jun, 2021 @ 08:51

Malaga

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

14 Apr, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

7 Apr, 2021 @ 12:04

Malaga·Other News

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

16 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

15 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

James Blunt reunited with prized possessions stolen from villa in Spain’s Ibiza

The popstar's stolen possessions are reportedly on their way home

12 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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 Spain.

13 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Madrid

Barcelona: new jack city?

EXCLUSIVE: BY EUGENE COSTELLO A BRITISH businessman and his wife have been robbed in a car-jacking incident in Spain by criminals posing as ‘good Samaritans’,

26 Nov, 2020 @ 07:17

Barcelona·National News·Valencia

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

27 Jul, 2020 @ 13:16

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 had

16 Jul, 2020 @ 10:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

Brutal killer of British expat woman on the Costa Blanca is jailed for 25 years in Spain

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

13 Jul, 2020 @ 13:31

Costa Blanca

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

17 Jun, 2020 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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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,

15 May, 2020 @ 16:55

Costa Blanca·Malaga

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

12 May, 2020 @ 15:04

Lead·Malaga

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,

15 Apr, 2020 @ 12:02

Costa Blanca·Lead

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