Tag: Spain crime
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mexican oil boss arrested on corruption charges while hiding out in luxury urbanisation on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE former boss of Pemex, the Mexican state owned oil company has been extradited to Mexico to face corruption charges.
Emilio Lozoya was arrested...
Brit fugitive wanted for drive-by murder of 19 year old Aya Hachem arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A wanted fugitive has been arrested in Fuengirola on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued for the...
Gang of youths arrested for ‘stoning’ good samaritans who stopped woman being robbed in Madrid street
A GROUP of nine youths have been arrested for stoning and robbing people in Madrid.
The thugs robbed a woman in the street and then...
Two arrested and one man on the run after police in Spain discover world’s first transatlantic drugs submarine
The boat was stopped on Sunday night in Galicia following its 4,778 mile journey from Columbia
Man who shot at passers-by with shotgun from his house is arrested in Spain’s Andalucia
The shooter’s victims were hit in the shoulder, arm and back during the attacks
Robber in Spain’s Marbella who hit expat shop owner on head with motorbike helmet then stole €500 is arrested
He fled on a motorbike after stealing the money
Sadistic expat who raped his girlfriend as ‘punishment’ during two day TORTURE spree in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed
“He told her he didn’t care whether he had to kill her and covered her mouth with tape.”
British drug lord arrested on yacht off Spain’s coast as 3,100kg of hash seized
Three polish men were also arrested.