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Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades

1 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Iberdrola gets approval for three solar energy farms in Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain

ENERGY company Iberdrola has obtained approval to build three new solar farms in Villena (Alicante province), Ayora and Cofrentes (Valencia province). The three locations had

20 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Youngsters who distributed and downloaded child pornography arrested in Spain’s Madrid

THREE people including two underage teenagers have been arrested in the Madrid region for possessing and distributing child pornography. Two others in Murcia and Alcoy

6 Feb, 2023 @ 16:44

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News

Public hospital operation waiting lists reach new high- only beaten once during Covid pandemic in Spain

Hospitals on Spain’s Costa Blanca sending patients to private clinics to cut surgery waiting lists

PATIENTS waiting for elective surgeries at Alicante Province hospitals are being referred to private operators to cut the backlog of operations. Health Ministry budgets for

23 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Three Kings gear up for Spain’s longest-running parade in Costa Blanca area

SPAIN’S longest-running Three Kings parade and celebrations gets into full gear in Alcoy on Wednesday. The Alicante Province city’s first recorded parade was in 1866

3 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca population reaches highest figure in a decade

Spain’s Costa Blanca reaches highest population in a decade

ALICANTE Province’s population has risen by 19,832 over a year according to figures from the National Statistics Institute(INE). The total- based on municipal padron registrations-

2 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Father Arrested After Baby Girl Took Cocaine In Alicante Area Of Spain

Father arrested after baby girl takes cocaine in Alicante area of Spain

TESTS at Alcoy’s Virgen de los Lirios Hospital have confirmed that a poorly baby girl had taken some cocaine. Her father has been arrested by

18 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Vandalism Spree Sees Dozens Of Cars And Bikes Attacked On Alicante Area Street In Spain

Night of mayhem sees dozens of cars and bikes vandalised on Alicante area street in Spain

TWO men, aged 19 and 20, have been arrested for a vandalism spree that damaged 48 parked vehicles in Alcoy. The night-time mayhem was witnessed

31 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieving farmer pinches tractor parked outside Alicante area motor repair shop in Spain

POLICE in Alcoy have arrested a 33-year-old man who stole a tractor parked outside a motor repair shop and drove it to his farm. The

29 Jul, 2022 @ 14:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Alicante area of Spain

Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Costa Blanca area of Spain

SIX people, including two children, have been charged over a spate of racing pigeon robberies in the Alicante and Valencia areas. Stolen birds worth €50,000

1 Jun, 2022 @ 11:25

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Woman Steals Credit Card And Goes On €10,000 Shopping Spree In Spain's Alicante Area

Female thief steals credit card and goes on €10,000 shopping spree in Spain’s Alicante area

AN Alcoy woman stole a credit card and racked up €10,000 of charges on it in a massive spending spree. The 40-year-old dined out in

5 May, 2022 @ 17:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Sweatshop Factory Owner Paid Foreign Workers A Pittance To Exploit Them In Spain's Alicante Area

Sweatshop factory exploiter paid vulnerable foreign workers a pittance in Spain’s Alicante area

A 38-year-old clothes recycling warehouse owner has been arrested for exploiting workers at his Cocentaina factory in Alicante Province. It’s the latest in a series

2 May, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Catalytic Converter Gang Stole Units From Parked Cars On Costa Blanca Streets In Spain

Catalytic converter thieves took expensive units from parked cars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A gang who stole catalytic converters from parked cars in Alcoy and Elche has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Six men, aged 21 to

31 Jan, 2022 @ 15:52

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Violent far-right hate group arrests after using social media as recruiting tool in Spain

SEVEN members of a violent ultra-right group that co-ordinated hate crimes via social media have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. One of those detained

28 Jan, 2022 @ 15:16

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Sniffer Dogs Search For Spanish Civil War Explosives Buried In Deserted Alicante Area Factory

Sniffer dogs find Spanish Civil War bombs buried on old factory site in Alicante area

POLICIA Nacional sniffer dogs went to an old Alcoy factory after a bomb dating back to the Spanish Civil War was unearthed during renovation work.

26 Jan, 2022 @ 17:15

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante boy, 16, uses multiple female social media profiles in sex blackmail plot in Spain

Alicante boy uses female social media profiles in sex blackmail plot in Spain

AN Alicante area teenage boy has been arrested by the Policia Nacional over online sextortion. The boy, 17, from Alcoy used eight bogus social media

17 Jan, 2022 @ 14:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Safety first for Three Kings as world’s oldest Magi parade will go ahead in Spain

THE world’s oldest Three Kings parade is going ahead in Alcoy in Alicante Province on January 5, but with capacity limits and restrictions. The Magi

24 Dec, 2021 @ 12:21

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Business Owner Is Arrested In Alicante Area Of Spain For Paying Low Wages And Threatening Moroccan Workers

Sweatshop owner is arrested in Alicante area of Spain for paying low wages and threatening Moroccan workers

AN Alicante area business owner has been accused of paying workers just €150 a week and forcing them to eat and sleep in his premises.

30 Nov, 2021 @ 18:24

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Benidorm features as one of seven Alicante locations in the Top 100 Greenest Places of Europe

BENIDORM and six other Alicante towns feature in a study that reveals the greenest places in Europe. Elda, Alicante, Elche, Torrevieja, Benidorm, Alcoy and San

25 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

The most dangerous roundabout is revealed in Costa Blanca area of Spain

ROUNDABOUTS in Alicante Province are responsible for 14.65% of the region’s accidents that lead to death and injuries, according to a new report. Alicante City’s

3 Sep, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Booze And Drug Filled Volvo Driver Travels 50 Kilometres On Wrong Side Of Costa Blanca Dual Carriageway In Spain

Booze and drug-fuelled Volvo driver in high speed trip on wrong side of Costa Blanca highway in Spain

A drunk and drugged up Costa Blanca driver drove for 50 kilometres on the wrong side of a dual carriageway. The motorist, 34, hit a

31 Aug, 2021 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Earthquake shakes up an early morning surprise across an inland area of Alicante province in Spain

AN earthquake reaching 2.9 on the Richter scale briefly shook up an inland area of Alicante province this morning(June 18). It was the biggest tremor

18 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Lead

Police seize almost 15,000 marijuana from Costa Blanca rental homes used as giant drugs farms in Spain

Police raid Costa Blanca rental homes converted into giant marijuana farms in Spain

A major marijuana-growing operation has been smashed by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional in Alicante Province. 25 people have been arrested and nearly 15,000

15 Jun, 2021 @ 13:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

A premium gin created on the Costa Blanca in Spain becomes an international award winner

IF Spain and alcohol are mentioned in the same sentence, then wine or a fine brandy are products that might immediately spring to mind. But

22 May, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink

Recruiter Brings Brings Down Child Exploiters Who Ran A Prostitution Ring On Spain's Costa Blanca

Recruiter brings down child exploiters who ran a prostitution ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca child prostitution gang that pimped out sex abuse victims. The enterprise was busted after a child recruiter reported what

3 May, 2021 @ 13:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead