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Police Officers Jailed For Running Protection Racket On Spain's Costa Blanca

Two Marbella officers held over charges of sexual assault against two women

TWO plain-clothes officers have been arrested in Marbella over allegations they solicited sexual favours from two undocumented women in exchange for turning a blind eye

7 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Women beaten up and exploited by prostitution gang in Spain's Valencia

Trafficking gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for sexually exploiting women flown in from Columbia

POLICE have freed 11 sexually exploited women and arrested ten people for their part in the racket in Benidorm, Denia, and Gata de Gorgos. The

7 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

British man seriously injured during fatal house brawl with knives and hammer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man suffered serious injuries in a brawl at a Torrevieja house early on Saturday morning which saw a Dutch national die from stab

7 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Thieves steal carry-on case containing over €8 million of cash and jewellery from Spain’s Barcelona airport

TWO THIEVES have been arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra after stealing a carry-on bag containing €8.5 million of cash and jewellery from a Russian family

5 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police intercept thief boarding ferry on Spain's Costa Blanca with big stash of stolen loot

Thief caught boarding ferry on Spain’s Costa Blanca with big stash of stolen loot

AN ALGERIAN national was intercepted in Alicante as he was about to board a ferry for his home country with a big stash of stolen

4 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

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

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Spain’s Civil Guard nabs British holidaymaker at Santander ferry port over unpaid hotel bill

HE NEARLY got away with it… A 64-year-old British holidaymaker was arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard as he was about to board a ferry

4 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

International drugs gang used luxury villas to grow marijuana on Spain's Costa Blanca

International gang used luxury villas to grow marijuana on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A SIX MONTH operation to bring down an Albanian-led drugs gang that used luxury Costa Blanca villas as

3 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Elderly woman struggles to breathe due to vapours from big drugs stash at her home in Spain

Elderly woman almost chokes to death from drugs stash vapours in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es AN ELDERLY resident in Vall d’Uixo(Castellon province) kept so many illegal drugs at her home that she could

2 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Three of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THREE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Calpe on the Costa

2 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

A Mysterious High Pitch Noise Is Driving British Resident Crazy On Spain's Costa Blanca

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Bar and restaurant robbery gang brought down in Spain’s Valencia

A ROBBERY gang that struck at 15 bars and restaurants in the Horta Nord area of Valencia province has been broken up by the Guardia

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police catch serial robber who broke into dozens of cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 15-MONTH Guardia Civil operation to catch a serial car robber has culminated in the arrest of a San Vicente del Raspeig man. The 52-year-old

1 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

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

Former Barcelona star Dani Alves set to be indicted over sex assault charges in Spain

A BARCELONA court has decided to indict Brazilian football star Dani Alves following a probe into sexual assault accusations against him. The judge’s investigation found

1 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

212 international fighters resisting Franco's forces in Spain's Civil War found in mass graves in Catalunya

Catalunya mass graves discovered of foreign fighters who resisted Franco’s forces in Spain’s Civil War

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been identified

31 Jul, 2023 @ 14:12

Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Metal company worker stole 185,000 parts worth €1 million from factory on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE metal company employee stole 185,000 parts over nearly three years which he then sold off cheaply to a scrap metal firm. The Spaniard.

31 Jul, 2023 @ 13:22

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

Major drug and robbery gang arrested in Spain's Alicante area

Major drugs and robbery gang arrested in Spain’s Alicante area

A JOINT Policia Nacional- Guardia Civil operation has brought down an Alicante province-based criminal gang with 14 Spaniards arrested. The group has been charged with

31 Jul, 2023 @ 11:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Cops in Spain’s Tenerife arrest three after SMS bank phishing scam nets them €200,000

THE CIVIL GUARD has made three arrests in Tenerife after detecting an SMS phishing scam that conned as many as 170 people across Spain. A

30 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Man sought for running over his partner in Antequera arrested in Spain’s Extremadura

A MAN who run over over his partner in Antequera has been arrested in Caceres (Extremadura) The 26-year-old allegedly hit the victim with a stolen

29 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man On Hate Crime Charges After An Anti Islamic Tirade During A Wedding In A Costa Blanca Mosque In Spain

Fugitive wanted in France and Germany found living in Sevilla

A DANGEROUS criminal was arrested by police in the Andalusian town of Cantillana. The man, who has two European arrest warrants against him, is accused

26 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Three men accused of kidnapping in France arrested in Murcia

Three men who were being searched for a drug-related kidnapping in France have been arrested in Murcia. The suspects, aged 24, 26 and 22 are

25 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police swoop on far-right extremists for mass bar assault against rival group in Spain's Navarre area

Police swoop on far-right football hooligans for assault on rival group in Spain’s Navarra area

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 13 members of the ultra-right Boixos Nois group who attacked a rival faction in a mass assault inside a Pamplona

20 Jul, 2023 @ 15:46

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra·Valencia

Mother arrested after baby tests positive for cocaine on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 41-YEAR-OLD woman has been arrested in Elche for child neglect after her baby tested positive for ingesting cocaine. The child- aged 14 months- is

20 Jul, 2023 @ 11:39

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Robbers looking to rob shoppers are arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Robbers looking to steal from shoppers are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO LOITERING men in a Calpe shopping area eyeing up potential victims to rob have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Officers discovered that the

19 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Drug trafficker supplies ecstasy to teenage boy who goes into a coma on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a drug trafficker who supplied ecstasy to a minor who went into a coma at Alicante General Hospital. The 26-year-old

19 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

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

Two people arrested in Spain's Costa Blanca for swapping 100,000 fake US dollars at money exchanges

Two arrests on Spain’s Costa Blanca for swapping 100,000 fake US dollars at money exchanges

TWO PEOPLE have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante province for using fake US dollar bills at money exchanges around Spain. The detainees

19 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Former Venezuelan spy chief looses extradition battle in Spain to face drug trafficking charges in United States

Former Venezuelan spy chief extradited from Spain to face drug trafficking charges in United States

A FORMER Venezuelan military intelligence chief was extradited on Wednesday from Spain to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges. His

19 Jul, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

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