Spain crime

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

A FATHER and son have been sentenced by a Malaga court after being found guilty of holding a man hostage for three days as revenge

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Body of Spanish man who died 15 YEARS ago discovered after ‘DANA Alice flooded his pigeon-infested flat’ in Valencia

THE body of a dad-of-two thought to have died fifteen years ago has been discovered in his Valencia home after DANA Alice wreaked havoc on

12 Oct, 2025 @ 13:20

Lead·Valencia

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

A BRITISH man alleged to have carried out the brazen Mafia-style assassination of two notorious Scottish underworld figures has claimed his human rights would be

7 Oct, 2025 @ 16:10

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: How faulty electronic tags used by Spain’s government allow dangerous sex offenders to roam free

A ‘LARGE number’ of sexual predators have been allowed to roam the streets of Spain freely after a data glitch on electronic tags prevented judicial

24 Sep, 2025 @ 10:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Body of elderly Brit, 88, found on Spain's Costa del Sol

Two young Irish tourists left with serious facial injuries after horrifying robbery on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO young Irish tourists have been left in hospital with serious facial injuries after falling victim to a violent robbery on the Costa del Sol.

4 Aug, 2025 @ 14:44

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Crime drops 9% in Spain’s Barcelona – but knife attacks and sexual violence surge

HEAD to Barcelona for a holiday and the advice is almost always the same – beware of the pickpockets, hide your valuables and keep your

24 Jul, 2025 @ 13:29

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are searching for three suspects who gagged, extorted, threatened with a firearm and beat up two Colombian nationals in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Guardia

28 Dec, 2023 @ 14:16

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga

Kidnap victim turns up at hospital in Spain with a chain and padlock around her NECK – as convicted paedophile suspect is RELEASED on bail

A KIDNAP suspect has been released on bail in Spain after a woman fled to a local hospital with chains still around her neck. Authorities

23 Nov, 2023 @ 17:09

Crime & Law·Lead

Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain's Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday

Elderly man faces nearly four years in prison after he shot dead home raider in Spain’s Mallorca

AN ELDERLY man who shot dead one of two robbers that entered his house in the Balearic Islands has been found guilty of murder by

27 Sep, 2023 @ 16:10

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

POLICE in France and Spain have joined forces to arrest three men who allegedly broke into safes at luxury hotel complexes in Paris and different

21 Sep, 2023 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Marbella

Online scams, thefts, and physical assaults leap up to produce big rise in Spain's crime rate after pandemic kept criminals at home

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests more than 100 people on suspicion of €1m SMS bank fraud scam

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MORE than 100 people have been arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard on suspicion of defrauding as much

1 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

‘I am going to cut your head off!’, man says before he cuts the neck of bar owner’s father in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN who police convinced to leave a bar in Spain’s Andalucia, returned a few minutes to allegedly cut the neck of the owner’s father.

21 Jun, 2023 @ 09:03

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia

THE largest drug traffic trial ever in Spain started Monday in Andalucia as members of the Castanas clan were brought to justice. Prosecutors will now

10 Apr, 2023 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government

SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the

30 Dec, 2022 @ 09:39

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News·Other News

Dog bites several police officers trying to arrest drug-trafficking gang leader on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras

A POLICE dog foiled an attempt to smuggle over 28 kilos of hashish hidden inside the tyres of a luxury car in Spain’s Ceuta driven

29 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

Police nab 90,000 kilos of drugs, mainly hashish, in Spain’s Malaga in 2022

POLICE seized 90,000 kilos of drugs in Malaga and arrested more than 4,000 people for trafficking offences in 2022. This past year the Policia Nacional

27 Dec, 2022 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

stash of hashish found in councillors van

Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway

POLICE in Malaga have arrested four gang-members who violently held-up a truck that rival drug-traffickers were using to move hashish hidden in its cargo of

19 Dec, 2022 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police raid weed farm hidden in the mountains of Spain’s Malaga and arrest two suspects

POLICE have busted a weed farm in the remote mountains of Malaga and arrested a man and woman who grew the illegal crop. Prosecutors charged

11 Nov, 2022 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Police arrest wanted man in Spain’s Estepona for tax evasion after three years on the run

POLICE have arrested a wanted man in the Malaga city of Estepona who allegedly defrauded the French government out of €80 million in tax. French

10 Nov, 2022 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Police arrest a man for sexually assaulting young woman in Spain’s city of Malaga

POLICE arrested a man who grabbed a young woman from behind and began to touch her in the middle of a Malaga city street. The

28 Oct, 2022 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Guardia Civil bust two homes in Spain’s Malaga province where gang grew weed and sent it to central Europe

POLICE have arrested four people who grew cannabis at two homes in the Malaga province and sold it to central European countries. The Guardia Civil

28 Oct, 2022 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

BAAA-D BOYS: Police arrest gang who stole 400 sheep and goats from farm in Spain’s Malaga

NATIONAL police have arrested three men and a woman for allegedly stealing over 400 goats and sheep from a farm in Malaga. Prosecutors charged three

22 Oct, 2022 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Driver caught zig-zagging down A-7 motorway at FIVE times alcohol limit in Spain’s Mijas Costa

POLICE have arrested a driver that was zig-zagging down the A-7 motorway with five times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. Local police

21 Oct, 2022 @ 18:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police Chase Six People After 290 Kilometre Taxi Journey To Beat Alicante Curfew On Spain S Costa Blanca

Officers corner man with 8.6 kilos of hash after police chase and forest scramble in Spain’s Algeciras

AGENTS on three police cars who gave chase to a suspicious vehicle arrested a man with 8.6 kilos of hashish in the Spanish port city

14 Oct, 2022 @ 16:13

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Human Trafficking And Sex Exploitation Gang Brought Down In Spain's Murcia Region

MURDER: Young man shot dead in a car in Campo town of Spain’s Algeciras during spiralling gang wars

POLICE in Algeciras found a young man shot dead in his car after a clan battle in the neighbourhood of El Saladillo. It is the

7 Oct, 2022 @ 14:44

Gibraltar·Lead

CAUGHT REDHANDED: Special forces cops raid cocaine lab in Spain’ Madrid and arrest 12 gang members

ELITE police busted a cocaine lab in Spain that could prepare 120 kilos of the illegal drug every week. The Special Operations Group (GEO) led

26 Sep, 2022 @ 14:43

Cordoba·Lead·Malaga·National News

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

Body of Spanish man who died 15 YEARS ago discovered after ‘DANA Alice flooded his pigeon-infested flat’ in Valencia

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

Revealed: How faulty electronic tags used by Spain’s government allow dangerous sex offenders to roam free

Two young Irish tourists left with serious facial injuries after horrifying robbery on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Crime drops 9% in Spain’s Barcelona – but knife attacks and sexual violence surge

Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol

Kidnap victim turns up at hospital in Spain with a chain and padlock around her NECK – as convicted paedophile suspect is RELEASED on bail

Elderly man faces nearly four years in prison after he shot dead home raider in Spain’s Mallorca

Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests more than 100 people on suspicion of €1m SMS bank fraud scam

‘I am going to cut your head off!’, man says before he cuts the neck of bar owner’s father in Spain’s Andalucia

Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia

Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government

Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras

Police nab 90,000 kilos of drugs, mainly hashish, in Spain’s Malaga in 2022

Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway

Police raid weed farm hidden in the mountains of Spain’s Malaga and arrest two suspects

Police arrest wanted man in Spain’s Estepona for tax evasion after three years on the run

Police arrest a man for sexually assaulting young woman in Spain’s city of Malaga

Guardia Civil bust two homes in Spain’s Malaga province where gang grew weed and sent it to central Europe

BAAA-D BOYS: Police arrest gang who stole 400 sheep and goats from farm in Spain’s Malaga

Driver caught zig-zagging down A-7 motorway at FIVE times alcohol limit in Spain’s Mijas Costa

Officers corner man with 8.6 kilos of hash after police chase and forest scramble in Spain’s Algeciras

MURDER: Young man shot dead in a car in Campo town of Spain’s Algeciras during spiralling gang wars

CAUGHT REDHANDED: Special forces cops raid cocaine lab in Spain’ Madrid and arrest 12 gang members

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

Sky high rents in Spain’s top cities are pushing people into popular hotspots in Alicante, Valencia and Andalucia

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

WATCH: Shock as Donald Trump Jr makes flying visit to Gibraltar