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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Police arrive late to shootout in Gibraltar Campo city of Spain’s Algeciras
POLICE are investigating a number of shootouts reported by residents in three neighbourhoods of Algeciras on Thursday. National Police agents found a number of bullet
Police discover 21 kilos of cannabis at secret weed plantation in Gibraltar Campo town
POLICE have raided an illegal weed plantation in an Algeciras neighbourhood and seized more than 20 kilos of marijuana. Policia Nacional agents arrested a man
Police arrest father who allegedly stabbed his son at a Malaga city home
POLICE have arrested 63-year-old man who accused of stabbing his own son in a Malaga city neighbourhood, puncturing his lung. Agents of the Policia Nacional
Police arrest man who tried to burn down Malaga cathedral in south Spain
POLICE arrested a man accused of trying to burn the ancient doors of Malaga cathedral after he was identified from security cameras. Policia Nacional investigators
Police make 15 arrests in Malaga over Spain residency scam
POLICE have seized accounts and property worth about €1.7 million from a Malaga agency that provided fake residency documents to Chinese nationals. National Police arrested