Costa Blanca serial house burglar arrested shortly before leaving Spain
A NINE-MONTH probe to catch a burglar who plundered properties in the Benissa and Teulada-Moraira areas ended in his arrest as he planned to leave
British man arrested as marijuana gang used luxury villas to grow drugs on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SEVEN people including a British national have been arrested for growing marijuana in luxury villas on urbanisations in the Calpe area. Six of the gang
Europe’s biggest cocaine lab closed down by police in Spain’s Pontevedra region
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has dismantled what it has described as the biggest cocaine laboratory in Europe, with 18 people arrested. The lab in Pontevedra had
Spain’s National Police seize 50 kilograms of heroin during drug deal in Madrid car park
SPAIN’S National Police force has seized 50 kilograms of heroin during a drug deal in a Madrid car park, as the result of a joint
Blitz on pirate taxis operating at Costa Blanca airport in Spain
POLICE at Alicante-Elche airport have stepped up surveillance and inspection of vehicles that may be operating as illegal taxis. Clandestine services threaten the livelihoods of
Police recover fleet of stolen cars used during robberies in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
THE Guardia Civil has busted a gang that stole cars in the Alicante and Murcia areas which were then used in robberies before being sold
Five fake paintings by Spanish masters put on sale for €76 million are seized by Valencia police
FIVE fake paintings claiming to be originals from Spanish masters Goya and Velazquez have been seized by Valencian police working for the regional Historical Heritage
Soccer school scam in Spain’s Andalucia conned wealthy foreign families out of thousands of euros
TWO GRANADA province gangs have been accused of duping dozens of families- mainly from Brazil- with fake promises of turning their sons into top football
Robber goes on spending spree after bank card theft from elderly victim in Spain’s Valencia area
AN elderly woman fell foul to a distraction robbery at a Valencia area ATM with the thief stealing her bank card and then going on
Man kills Barcelona shooting instructor and forces hostages to drive 600 kilometres to Spain’s Murcia
POLICE in Murcia have arrested a 20-year-old man who fatally shot a Barcelona shooting range instructor and then forced two women to drive him 600
Five people charged with starting devastating forest fires in Spain’s Asturias region
FIVE people have been charged with starting forest fires in the Asturias region over the last three weeks with police investigating a further ten suspects.
Online scammers con bank into getting €950,000 personal loan on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX people have been arrested in the Benidorm and Aspe areas of Alicante province for being part of a cyber scam that netted €1.1 million.
Women arrested for prey on pensioners at ATMs
Police have arrested three women who targeted pensioners at ATMs in Fuengirola. The group operated in a strategic and planned way in order to steal
Military aeroplane equipment smugglers arrested in Spain with gear destined for Russia
THE Policia Nacional and Tax Agency have arrested two people in the Basque Country for smuggling military aeronautical equipment to Russia- breaching an EU ban
British men arrested in Spain’s Valencia for sex assault on British woman inside beach area nightclub
TWO British men have been arrested by Valencia’s Policia Local for sexually assaulting a British woman inside a popular beach area nightclub in the city
Scammer with 576 stolen identities stayed in hotels across Spain and had over 300 bank accounts
A MAN from the Murcia region may have earned the title of the biggest individual scammer in Spain. The Policia Nacional only this week revealed
Gang produces bogus documents to get people identified as Ukraine refugees on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE in Torrevieja have busted a group who produced fake documents for East Europeans for them to mascarade as Ukraine nationals fleeing the war in
EXCLUSIVE: Liquidators probing Globix close in on suspicious payments taken out of the company
THE bosses of a beleaguered crypto company ‘took out €11 million’ just months before the company collapsed, it can be revealed. Documents seen by the
Police officer has part of ear bitten off during squatter showdown in Spain’s Valencia area
THREE Alaquas Policia Local officers were injured on Monday evening when responding to a call about noise coming from a building occupied by squatters. Police
Police seize biggest cocaine stash seen ‘for years’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have seized what they described as the ‘largest cocaine stash seen for years’ in Alicante province. 35 kilos of the drug was
Woman refuses to move in with ex-boyfriend and is killed by him in Spain’s Andalucia
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has arrested a 30-year-old man in Huelva province after he stabbed his former girlfriend to death after she refused to live with
Prostitute ring that threatened exploited women with voodoo to be tried in Malaga
The Provincial Court of Malaga will try four people for allegedly forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. The defendants, two men and two women, practised voodoo
Infamous teenage hacker called ‘Alcasec’ jailed by court in Spain’s Madrid
THE NATIONAL COURT imprisoned a teenage cybercriminal on Monday for accessing a server where all documents related to criminal trials in Spain are kept. 19-year-old
Two men accused of killing British businessman are bailed by court in Spain’s Andalucia
TWO MEN accused of the 2019 murder of a British businessman on the Costa del Sol have been bailed by a Fuengirola court. Aaron Asquith,
Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang scamming holidaymakers with adverts that were too good to be true
THE SPANISH Civil Guard has busted a gang that was allegedly scamming holidaymakers by offering fake accommodation, as part of an operation dubbed ‘Rent Scam’.
The true-life Galician tragedy that inspired hit Spanish movie ‘The Beasts’
THE 2022 Spanish film As Bestas, known in English as The Beasts, is a taught, almost unbearably tense thriller. It tells the story of a