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Benidorm boosting police patrols and using drones to pinpoint any trouble this Sunday as England play Spain in the Euro 2024 final

Benidorm boosts police presence and will use drones to pinpoint trouble on Sunday as England play Spain in the Euro 2024 final

BENIDORM is taking measures to ensure that everybody enjoys watching Sunday’s Euro 2024 final between England and Spain in local bars without any trouble. The

11 Jul, 2024 @ 20:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Identical twin tries to fool Costa Blanca police after taking his brother’s car and pretending to be him

AN IDENTICAL twin tried to pass himself off as his brother when police on the Costa Blanca pulled him over at a routine checkpoint. The

10 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Motorhome and camper van thieves change chassis details and produce fake documents to sell vehicles to unsuspecting customers in Spain

AN ALICANTE province gang has been busted for stealing motorhomes and camper vans, which they sold on second-hand sites via social media platforms. The Policia

9 Jul, 2024 @ 11:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thieves use drone to follow high-value targets for street robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HI-TECH thieves used a drone to track people carrying large amounts of money on the streets of Alicante province. The five men are accused of

8 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Parents abused teenage daughter and threatened to kill her after she refuses 'arranged' marriage to allow her cousin to live in Spain

Runaway bride flees abusive family home- one day before arranged wedding for fee of €1,000 in Spain’s Alicante

THE parents of a 22-year-old Alicante woman have been arrested for allegedly setting up an arranged marriage and accepting a €1,000 fee for it. The

8 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Warning signs tell tourists about €200 fines if they buy from ‘looky looky’ men on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROAD signs have appeared in Torrevieja warning about €200 fines on people buying from illegal street sellers. The yellow and black hoardings have been erected

8 Jul, 2024 @ 11:38

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Grandmother in Spain ‘fakes four violent robberies to collect insurance payouts’

A COSTA BLANCA woman has been accused of insurance fraud after pretending to be the victim of four violent robberies in the last nine years.

4 Jul, 2024 @ 23:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Swimming pool ban in Spain: Holiday hotspot in Alicante brings in shock measure after suffering months of ‘historic drought’

ALTEA has become the first Costa Blanca municipality to introduce a ban on filling up swimming pools and the watering of gardens and sports areas

3 Jul, 2024 @ 17:26

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Eight boat migrants are rescued off the coast of Benidorm: Three remain missing

EIGHT migrants have been rescued off the Alicante province coast after their boat capsized with three more still said to be missing. A merchant ship

2 Jul, 2024 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Police in Spain launch rescue mission after suspect who ‘threw glass bottles at nightclub revellers’ in Alicante dives into the sea

A MAN allegedly threw glass bottles and exposed himself to customers at an Alicante port nightclub before jumping into the sea. Guardia Civil and Policia

2 Jul, 2024 @ 13:30

Alicante·Crime & Law

Boat migrant is accused of sexually assaulting cleaner at hotel where he is being held on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception

1 Jul, 2024 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Flights from UK to major airport in Spain are diverted due to freak bad weather

UNSEASONAL early July storms forced four flights- two of them from the UK- to be diverted from Valencia Airport on Monday morning. The adverse weather

1 Jul, 2024 @ 15:36

Alicante·Lead·Valencia

Tensions boil in Spain after squatters ‘beat a local man to death with baseball bats’ – just weeks after taking over luxury villa in a British expat hotspot

A BRITISH expat haven is in uproar following the brutal murder of a local family man, allegedly at the hands of recently arrived squatters. David

28 Jun, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

Car theft warning in Spain: Thieves are using high-tech gadgets to steal luxury vehicles in expat areas on the Costa Blanca

TWO men have been arrested for allegedly stealing high-end vehicles by using high-tech gadgets in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. Two cars with

25 Jun, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Teenager accused of shooting a British expat to death in Spain dies a day before he was due to stand trial

A TEENAGER died in a motorway car crash- a day before he was going to be tried over the May 2022 killing of an 80-year-old

24 Jun, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm bars and restaurants introduce braille menus for blind and visually impaired customers

BENIDORM bars and restaurants are introducing menus in braille for visually impaired customers. Seven members of the Abreca hospitality association are already offering the menus

23 Jun, 2024 @ 11:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Body dressed in a wetsuit is found floating by a paddlesurfer off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PADDLESURFER spotted a body in a wetsuit floating in the sea off La Marina beach on the southern Costa Blanca on Friday morning. He

21 Jun, 2024 @ 14:49

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Motorist survives dramatic collision with massive bull on Valencia motorway in Spain

Watch: Icelandic tourist, 46, is seriously injured after being gored by a bull during traditional running festival on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 46-year-old man from Iceland was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon when he was gored by a bull in Xabia on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The

19 Jun, 2024 @ 15:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm man arrested for illegally recording sex sessions on hidden camera that he claimed was a dog monitor

A MAN has been arrested in Benidorm for allegedly making hidden camera recordings of sex sessions with five women. He has been charged with five

19 Jun, 2024 @ 12:09

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Horror in Alicante: Headless torso is found torched and dumped next to a suitcase

A JOGGER in an Alicante district stumbled upon a headless body of a person which was also limbless and had been set on fire. The

18 Jun, 2024 @ 11:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Honest tourist finds wallet with €6,300 in cash next to busy Benidorm beach and police return it to happy owner

AN HONEST tourist found a wallet containing over €6,300 next to a Benidorm beach and it was returned to its grateful owner within two hours.

14 Jun, 2024 @ 15:02

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

High salt levels lead to warning over drinking tap water in popular Costa Blanca tourist spot

RESIDENTS in Teulada on the Costa Blanca have been told not to drink tap water due to a high concentration of salt. The recommendation comes

13 Jun, 2024 @ 18:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Queues for a taxi at Alicante airport are lasting up to two HOURS: Plan is launched to crack down on waiting times

TALKS will be held as soon as Friday to produce a plan to end waits of up to two hours for a taxi at Alicante-Elche

13 Jun, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

Plain-clothed police arrest couple using ‘love hug’ method to steal luxury watches from pedestrians in Spain

A MARRIED Romanian couple have been arrested for a series of ‘love hug’ robberies after plain-clothed Guardia Civil officers helped a potential victim on a

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Biggest-ever monthly passenger total boosted by British travellers using Costa Blanca airport

Record monthly passenger total is boosted by British travellers using Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has recorded its busiest-ever month for passengers with over 1.76 million people using it in May. That has surpassed the previously monthly record

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:52

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm shop owners arrested for selling fake items using well-known brand names to tourists

THREE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, with 3,529 items seized by the Policia Nacional. Police were tipped off by

12 Jun, 2024 @ 11:55

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

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