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Thieves steal total cache of guns from Costa Blanca police station that had NO security cameras or alarm system

BURGLARS broke into a Costa Blanca police station on New Year’s night and stole eight guns plus ammunition, helped by the building having no alarm

2 Jan, 2025 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: How expert thieves raided 100 homes in British expat hotspots in Spain before selling stolen jewellery to unsuspecting customers

A GANG of thieves carried out nearly 100 home robberies in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. Seven people have been arrested by the

24 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Wild boars are terrorising Spain’s Costa Blanca: How a ‘plague of 6,000 pigs’ is destroying land and keeping residents ‘locked in their houses’ at night out of fear

A PLAGUE of wild boars has prompted a group of Alicante province mayors to demand an urgent meeting with the regional Environment Ministry. A meeting

23 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Refrigerated Goods Trucking Company Used For Mass Export Of Drugs From Spain's Valencia To France

Refrigerated lorries had special hidden compartments to conceal drugs exported from Spain’s Valencia to France

A Valencia Province gang ran a major drugs export business taking supplies to France on refrigerated lorries owned by one their group members. 11 people

10 May, 2022 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Judge throws out Covid-19 queue-jumping vaccine charges against Costa Blanca mayoral couple in Spain

Court dismisses corruption charges against Covid-19 queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayoral couple in Spain

A Denia judge has junked bribery and corruption charges against a Costa Blanca mayoral couple who got an early Covid-19 vaccination in January 2021. Els

8 Apr, 2022 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Politics

Covid Vaccine Queue Jumping Costa Blanca Mayor Quits Over A Year After Getting Unauthorised Jab In Spain

Queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayor quits, 14 months after getting unauthorised Covid jab in Spain

ONE of three Alicante Province mayors who queue-jumped in January 2021 to get an unauthorised Covid-19 vaccine shot has been forced to resign. Ximo Coll

10 Mar, 2022 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics

Vaccine queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayors in Spain test positive for COVID-19

A Costa Blanca mayoral couple at the centre of a vaccine queue-jumping scandal are self-isolating after catching COVID-19 The PSOE mayors of El Verger and

26 Jan, 2022 @ 12:04

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca Mayors Summonsed To Appear In Court Over Covid 19 Vaccine Queue Jumping In Spain

Costa Blanca mayors get court summons over COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping incident in Spain

A Denia judge has summoned the mayors of El Verger and Els Poblets, Ximo Coll and Carolina Vives, to give evidence over COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping

21 Oct, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Vaccine Queue Jumping Mayors On Costa Blanca To Be Quizzed In Court Over 'abuse Of Power' In Spain

Vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ mayors on Costa Blanca face court hearing over abusing their power in Spain

A Denia judge has started a preliminary investigation into COVID-19 vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ by two PSOE mayors on the northern Costa Blanca. Ximo Coll(El Verger) and

1 Jul, 2021 @ 18:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Costa Blanca mayors could go on trial for vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ in Spain

THREE Costa Blanca mayors have been denounced by the anti-corruption prosecutor for ‘queue-jumping’ at the start of the year to get the coronavirus vaccine. Files

8 Jun, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead