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Colombians making a FORTUNE in cocaine trafficking in Spain’s inland Andalucia as two arrested in Granada with €400,000 CASH hidden in car

A SPANISH-Colombian drug trafficking ring has been rumbled in Granada. Police have caged two men and a woman after seizing just under €400,000 in cash

14 Feb, 2020 @ 15:27

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Woman killed in second gender violence murder in Andalucia

This latest killing of a woman in Granada brings the number of those killed in Spain this year to nine

10 Feb, 2020 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Pensioner accused of killing wife, 73, is locked up without bail in Spain’s Andalucia

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil said there were no previous reports of abuse between the couple

24 Jan, 2020 @ 17:03

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Man arrested after woman found stabbed to death in Granada

the vigil will be ‘an example of respect towards women in the fight for equality’

23 Jan, 2020 @ 15:48

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

IN VIDEOS: SNOW blankets Valencia, Alicante and Granada as Storm Gloria sweeps through Spain

B.T. copiosa nevada ahora mismo por #Jarafuel @astrofotojlc @Preven_IIFF_CV @AEMET_CValencia @Tiempo_Valencia pic.twitter.com/Vvzbsz4TkJ — JARAFUEL (@meteojarafuel) January 19, 2017 THESE are some of the scenes from

19 Jan, 2020 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Granada·Lead

STORM GLORIA: Orange warnings for SNOW in Spain’s Granada, Almeria and Jaen as unpredictable storm may open heavens on Malaga

GRANADA, Almeria and Jaen have all been placed on orange alert for snow as Storm Gloria sweeps through the region today. The warning is in

19 Jan, 2020 @ 12:22

Granada·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested

A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police. A total of 18 arrests were

16 Jan, 2020 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

Shepherd shocked at finding dismembered body of missing pensioner who ‘went to hairdressers and never came home’ in Spain’s Andalucia

Finding Celso’s hand allowed search teams to be able to identify him from fingerprints

10 Jan, 2020 @ 12:34

Granada·Lead

Expat historian Ian Gibson lends weight to new push for search for Spain’s famous murdered poet Federico Garcia Lorca

The other two Republicans killed alongside Lorca were bullfighters Francisco Galadí and Joaquín Arcollas

8 Jan, 2020 @ 14:40

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Police arrest six in ‘sex gang’ in Spain’s Andalucia, freeing five trapped women each forced into 70 hours of prostitution a week

They are thought to have got the women to pose as tourists and get them to jet into Malaga Airport

8 Jan, 2020 @ 12:48

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

The history of Telemark – one of the Sierra Nevada’s oldest ski companies – has roots as far back as 1912

The company also runs amazing wilderness trips that literally end up in another world...

31 Dec, 2019 @ 16:48

Granada·Travel News

Pascual Ski in Spain’s Sierra Nevada is the perfect place to pick up your kit before you head for the slopes

“We can do repairs that people might think are impossible and we take particularly care of the boots we rent out”

31 Dec, 2019 @ 15:32

Granada·Travel News

First-time skier Charlie Smith slopes off to Spain’s Sierra Nevada to discover the thrill of the chill on our doorstep

I poke my head out of the cable car window and the Sierra Nevada’s fresh alpine air hits my lungs

29 Dec, 2019 @ 09:01

Granada·Lead·Travel News

HIKING HORROR: Decomposing body found without head or limbs in Spain’s Andalucia ‘could be of missing expat’

The grisly find was made by a group of walkers on Sunday

24 Dec, 2019 @ 07:50

Granada·Lead

Aparecen Miles De Peces Muertos En Una Playa De Salobrena

Thousands of dead fish wash up on beach in Spain’s Andalucia in biblical-style plague

“The fish have open mouths and spots along their bodies"

18 Dec, 2019 @ 14:13

Environment·Granada·Lead

FAST FASHION: Andalucia climate protesters expose hypocrisy of Spain’s pre-Christmas ‘spendathon’

Fashion is the world’s second most polluting industry after the oil and gas sector

8 Dec, 2019 @ 09:03

Environment·Granada·Lead

Residents of a city in Spain’s Andalucia were woken up by an earthquake this morning

The earthquake measured 2.6 on the Richter scale

6 Dec, 2019 @ 15:03

Granada·Lead

Man suspected of stealing 1,200 kilos of avocados arrested in Spain’s Granada

The farm’s owner was alerted by a neighbour during the theft, who spotted the youngest of three suspects

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:25

Granada·Lead

Cruel couple who dumped dog before it ran after their car as they drove away charged with animal abuse in Spain’s Andalucia thanks to local who got everything on film

A HEARTLESS couple in Andalucia have been charged with animal abuse after abandoning their dog. The 50-year-old man and 43-year-old woman were rumbled when a

18 Nov, 2019 @ 12:56

Crime & Law·Granada