Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Costa Blanca mayor accused of punching elderly resident after long-standing feud amidst calls for him to resign

A WAR of words has broken out over an alleged assault by Dolores mayor, Joaquin Hernandez on a 71-year-old resident as political opponents demanded that

19 Aug, 2024 @ 15:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Masked attacker stabs 11-year-old boy to death in Spain after storming football pitch: Manhunt is still underway

A MASKED attacker has stabbed an 11-year-old boy to death after storming a children’s football match. The terrifying incident occurred this morning at the Angel

18 Aug, 2024 @ 16:14

Crime & Law·Lead

Romance scam sees woman in Spain pay €140,000 to who she believed was her lover recovering in a US hospital

A WOMAN was tricked out of over €140,000 by believing she was in an online romantic relationship with a man in the United States. The

16 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Grinning Chechen ‘terrorist’ behind Benidorm shooting is expelled from Spain for planning jihadi attacks

SPANISH authorities have deported a Chechen national who was suspected of being the head of a jihadist cell planning attacks in Spain. German Bagaev was

15 Aug, 2024 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Fisherman arrested for sexually assaulting a British tourist in scenic Mallorca port

A FISHERMAN has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for allegedly sexually assaulting a British tourist at Mallorca’s Port d’Andratx last Wednesday. The 40-year-old Senegalese

14 Aug, 2024 @ 17:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Ornamental bronze sculptures worth €300,000 stolen from fountain and sold to scrapyards in Valencia area

THREE people have been arrested for stealing bronze statues worth nearly €300,000 from a fountain in the Valencian town of Albalat de la Ribera. The

14 Aug, 2024 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Victim of deadly shooting in gated Estepona community was a 34-year-old man from Belgium

A MAN found shot dead in the gated community of El Paraiso, Estepona on Monday morning has been identified as a 34-year-old Belgian national. No

13 Aug, 2024 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Razor blade scammers looked for €1m bonanza by selling top ‘brand name’ imported fakes in Spain

A RAZOR blade scam worth over €1 million has been busted by authorities with seven Spaniards and Italians arrested. The Policia Nacional and the Tax

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British motorist chased TWICE by police in Spain and fails excess alcohol and drug tests

POLICE in Castellon province chased a British driver twice around the streets of Burriana last weekend, before catching him the second time. The British man,

13 Aug, 2024 @ 11:23

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist is placed in chokehold and robbed of his bum bag in Spain’s Mallorca

A YOUNG British tourist was placed into a chokehold by four men who stole his bum bag in the Mallorcan party resort of Magaluf. The

12 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

THE Policia Nacional have seized three fake paintings by Pablo Picasso and one by Benjamin Palencia that were going to be sold for €13.5 million.

12 Aug, 2024 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Wanted terrorist is arrested at a hotel in Spain’s Benidorm

A WOMAN wanted by Turkey on charges of being a member of an armed terrorist organisation has been arrested by the Policia Nacional at a

12 Aug, 2024 @ 10:02

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Corrupt’ lawyer from Spain arrested for bribing officials in impoverished former Spanish colony in Africa

A SPANISH lawyer has been arrested on suspicion of bribing high-ranking officials in Equatorial Guinea to secure a lucrative contract for a fish processing plant.

10 Aug, 2024 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Nursing home resident, 87, is robbed of €80,000 life savings by care worker on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA nursing home worker has been arrested along with a man for clearing out over €80,000 from an 87-year-old female resident. The woman was

10 Aug, 2024 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist was ‘strangled to death by nightclub doorman’ in Spain’s Gran Canaria

A BRITISH tourist died after being put in a rear naked choke at a nightclub in Gran Canaria. A call was made reporting that a

10 Aug, 2024 @ 07:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Cause of death revealed for last suspected victim of infamous serial killer in Spain

THE last alleged victim of convicted serial killer Jurado Montilla died from a severe blow to her head. Ester Estepa from Sevilla went missing last

9 Aug, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Second Mossos police officer is arrested for ‘helping separatist Carles Puigdemont disappear in Spain’ following his return from exile

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a second officer over their alleged involvement in helping Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader, to escape from Barcelona following his

8 Aug, 2024 @ 19:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Crackdown on migrant smugglers in Spain: Police arrest 77 members of international criminal network

A MAJOR migrant smuggling gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional in association with Europol and the US Homeland Security department. The international crew

8 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Cheeky thief steals from bathers and then demands money for return of items at popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain

Alert in Alicante: Man is arrested for ‘attacking and robbing tourists’ on popular beach – before ‘demanding money to return the stolen goods’

A MAN has been arrested in Denia for allegedly robbing and attacking bathers at a local beach. The 30-year-old Moroccan national was remanded into custody

8 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British boy, 17, ‘is raped in a toilet’ at a restaurant in Spain’s Mallorca

A SWISS tourist has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 17-year-old British holidaymaker at a restaurant in the popular resort town of Magaluf. The

8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two British tourists ‘are raped on the beach’ in Mallorca in separate incidents just days apart

HORROR in Mallorca as two British tourists ‘raped on the beach’ in separate incidents in just over a week. Two British tourists have been raped

7 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Pickpocket warning for Brits visiting Spain: These locations are among the most targeted

Pickpocket gang from Spain is arrested over plan to target tourists at the Paris Olympics

A GANG of Spanish-based Bosnian pickpockets who were going to the Olympic Games in Paris has been arrested in Madrid and Valencia by the Policia

7 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish bouncer accused of killing a British tourist in Spain is arrested

A NIGHTCLUB bouncer from Gran Canaria has been arrested and jailed after being charged with the death of a 35-year-old British tourist on July 24.

7 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Drugs crackdown in Marbella: Five houses dedicated to selling different narcotics including cocaine and hashish are raided by police – as family clan is jailed

POLICE have broken up a network of drug houses in the centre of Marbella that each catered to a different drug and user. While one

6 Aug, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Nine Dutch tourists are arrested at airport in Spain after ‘trashing their Mallorca hotel rooms’

NINE young Dutch tourists were arrested at Palma airport on Sunday after thrashing three rooms at their Mallorca hotel. The group of friends aged between

6 Aug, 2024 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

One of Spain’s most wanted fraudsters is arrested on the Costa Blanca

ONE of Spain’s most-wanted fraudsters has been arrested at an Alicante hotel after conning a victim out of a luxury watch. He specialised in making

6 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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