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Police nab sneaky thief who targeted cars parked up in shopping areas on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man who based himself in Alicante City shopping centre car parks to steal from vehicles as shoppers stacked their purchases in

9 Mar, 2021 @ 15:41

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante. Sucesos. Detenidas Cuatro Personas Y Desmantelados Tres Puntos Negros De Venta De Marihuana En Dénia

Denia residents get police to shutdown cannabis sales from city centre homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR people behind a Denia cannabis club have been arrested for selling drugs out of city centre homes in the northern Costa Blanca port. The

8 Mar, 2021 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca

80-year-old arsonist arrested over several blazes in ‘protected areas’ of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A year-long probe to catch an arsonist operating in the Alcalali area of the Marina Alta has culminated in the arrest of an 80-year-old man.

5 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca Second Hand Clothes Dealer Goes On Trial In Spain For Running Isis Terrorist Supply Operation

Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation

A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS terrorists

4 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man To Go On Trial For Lacing Smoothies With Drugs To Sexually Abuse Little Girl On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man to face trial for lacing smoothies with drugs to sexually abuse little girl in his holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man will face an Alicante court this Wednesday(March 3) accused of sexually abusing a young girl after he laced her milk shakes with drugs.

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘UNSOCIAL NETWORK’ as teenage boy hijacks teachers social media sites in ‘sex for grades’ postings in Spain’s Valencian Community

A 14-year-old boy has got himself into hot water after hijacking social media accounts belonging to two of his teachers. He posted messages that offered

1 Mar, 2021 @ 17:03

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

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Former FC Barcelona president arrested in police corruption probe over La Liga club in Spain

CATALAN police raided FC Barcelona’s Nou Camp headquarters and various homes this morning(March 1) to arrest several people including ex-club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The

1 Mar, 2021 @ 14:35

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

‘POWER GRAB’ as luxury villa used so much electricity for marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca that it blacked-out a Calpe urbanisation

A Spanish couple rented a luxury villa in Calpe to set up a fully-fledged massive indoor marijuana farm. Their operation came unstuck as they drained

27 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca scammers with €1.5 million of fake notes con businessman in €50,000 switch in Spain

AN Altea business owner was scammed out of €50,000 by a Torrevieja-based family gang who switched genuine bank notes for fakes. The victim was reeled

26 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Dumb thieves travel 400 kilometres to break Benidorm curfew and are identified after supermarket robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE young robbers travelled over 400 kilometres from Zaragoza to Benidorm to break into a couple of supermarkets by smashing the windows with manhole covers.

26 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

‘ARRIVERDERCI’ to Benidorm Italian restaurant boss on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over 78 cash point robberies in Italy

A Benidorm restaurant owner has been arrested for being part of a gang in Italy that blew up bank ATMs in 73 robberies. The Policia

25 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Sibling Plot As Children Get Jailed For Killing Elderly Mother And Stealing Her Pension In Spain S Aragon Region

SIBLING SHOCKER as children are jailed for killing their infirm mother and stealing her pension in Spain’s Aragon region

TWO siblings have been jailed after killing their mother, stuffing her body into a closet, and continuing to collect her state pension for two years.

24 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Dogs get life-saving blood transfusions as farmers use illegal chemicals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Costa Blanca farmers have been arrested for using an illegal pesticide that poisoned two dogs. The animals needed blood transfusions to save their lives

24 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca

British man dead with wife seriously ill after gas cylinder leak at Mallorca finca in Spain

COVID burglars arrested in Valencia Province

THREE people have been arrested for allegedly committing 14 burglaries in Valencia and Castellon provinces while being infected with COVID. The two men and one

24 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Valencia

Man refuses to let historic sexual abuse by Jesuit priests at Alicante school in Spain go unpunished over 63 years later

A man who says he was abused by priests at a Jesuit-run boarding school in Alicante believes that there have been many similar cases that

23 Feb, 2021 @ 14:05

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Restaurant On Spain S Costa Blanca Hides Diners To Avoid Arrest For Breaking Covid 19 Rules

ILLEGALLY-OPEN restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca hides diners to avoid arrest in COVID-19 rule swoop

A police raid on an Elche restaurant over COVID-19 rule-breaking proved to be far from a routine matter, as diners tried to hide from their

22 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mass Arrest Of Costa Blanca Based Prostitution Gang Members Who Made Bogus Promises To East European Women Of Jobs In Spain Germany And The Uk

BUSTED: Costa Blanca prostitution gang who cheated COVID-19 travel rules to lure victims into Spain

POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca-based European prostitution gang that supplied women with fake medical papers to beat COVID-19 border closures. Polish and Russian women

22 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dumb Lorry Driver Is No Willy Wonka As He Flogs Off 12 Tons Of Chocolate For Virtually Nothing On Spain S Costa Blanca

Dumb lorry driver is no Willy Wonka as he flogs off 12 tons of stolen chocolate for virtually nothing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 36-year-old lorry driver has been arrested in Callosa de Segura after selling his stolen 12 ton consignment of German chocolate at a bargain-basement price.

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bogus computer expert cleared out over €250,000 from client's bank account on Spain's Costa Blanca

Hacker hijacks domestic violence Zoom link with Hitler videos and death threats to abused victim on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE or more hackers disrupted a Zoom conference about domestic violence to make death threats and post fascist videos. San Vicente del Raspeig council’s Equality

19 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

YEAR-LONG ordeal of malnourished woman exploited and imprisoned in garage of house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Algerian woman is recovering in an Alicante Province hostel after she was virtually imprisoned in an Agost house for over a year. She was

19 Feb, 2021 @ 12:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

A young woman in Spain is arrested after abandoning her newborn baby in Algeciras hospital

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a 23-year-old woman in Algeciras accused of abandoning her newborn child in the Punta Europa hospital in Algeciras. The events

18 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Cadiz·Lead