Algeciras rampage killer is cleared of terrorism charges after court rules he suffered ‘psychotic break’
A MAN who hacked a church worker to death with a machete in southern Spain has been cleared of terrorism charges after a court instead
Man, 28, is fatally run over by bus in Granada after injuring driver in axe attack
A 28-YEAR-OLD man has died in southern Spain after launching a wild axe attack on a bus, which subsequently ran him over. Emergency services were
Revealed: Spain’s most dangerous neighbourhoods – do you live near one? Barcelona’s El Raval ranks high
DRUG trafficking, gang shootouts and gun possession galore. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily
Spanish restaurant chain La Mafia is ordered to change name after Italy complained it ‘trivialises events that are offensive to our country’
A LEADING Spanish restaurant chain has been ordered to change its name after the Italian government won a long-running legal battle alleging that the company’s
Police arrest seven people and seize huge haul of weapons over spate of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ shootings on the Costa del Sol
POLICE on the Costa del Sol have arrested seven people and seized a haul of weapons and ammunition after two recent shootings between rival families.
PICTURED: Notorious British gangster, 32, seriously injured in brazen assassination attempt on the Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man who survived a brazen mafia-style assassination attempt on the Costa Blanca has been named. Sonny Redmond, 32, remains in intensive care in
British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona
A BRITISH pilot who stabbed his Spanish lover to death during a drug-fuelled sex session has been jailed for 20 years. Aaron Rainbow, 50, was
‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE leader of Ecuador’s most notorious drug trafficking organisation has been arrested on the Costa del Sol following a joint operation with Spanish police Wilmer
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
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
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
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
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.
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