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

Police in Madrid arrest 18 people after knife and machete fight breaks out between members of Latin gang

SPAIN’S National Police have made 18 arrests as they continue to investigate a massive brawl that took place outside a nightclub in the early hours

1 May, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘Enough with drugs, drunks and fights’: Residents of Palma neighbourhood up in arms over gangs and yobs in Spain’s Mallorca

THE citizens of a troubled, gang-ridden Palma neighbourhood are up in arms over ongoing yobbish and thuggish behaviour. Residents of Carrer Faust Bonafe in Son

19 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Watch: Fight that broke out on Madrid Metro system leaves youngster with stab wounds

SIXTEEN arrests were made in Madrid on Sunday, after a mass brawl broke out on a Madrid Metro train in the early hours of the

27 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Violent gangs of Spain clash in Palma de Mallorca as police struggle to keep control of the streets

Street gang violence has flared up this week as hordes of youths armed with machetes and baseball bats have clashed in the alleyways of Palma.

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

Armed gang of youths on bicycles terrorise Valencian towns in Spain, injure police officers

A GROUP of between 60 and 100 youths on bicycles terrorised residents in the Valencia area on Saturday night, eventually injuring three police officers when

8 Nov, 2022 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

'tens Of Millions' Of Bitcoin Stolen From Us Entrepreneur At His Madrid Home In Spain

Four arrested in Spain over violent kidnap and torture of social network founder Zaryn Dentzel

SPAIN’S National Police have made four arrests over the violent attack in November 2021 on Zaryn Dentzel, the founder of Spanish social network Tuenti. The

25 Oct, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Madrid police investigate gang links to two fatal shootings in just 24 hours

POLICE in the Madrid region are investigating two shootings in the space of just 24 hours that left a 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old male

3 Oct, 2022 @ 17:10

Lead·Madrid

Fake Insurance Claims Soared In Spain During Start Of Covid 19 Pandemic

Fake insurance claims soared in Spain during first year of COVID-19 pandemic

BOGUS insurance claims rose by 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Linea Directa’s ‘Insurance Fraud Barometer’ published on Monday. The insurer says there

31 Jan, 2022 @ 20:10

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Rival Swedish gangs based on the Costa del Sol involved in Fuengirola shooting

THE National Police have arrested seven members of two extremely violent Swedish criminal gangs in the towns of Malaga, Marbella, Fuengirola and Alicante. The gangs, based on the Costa del Sol, have been

12 Nov, 2021 @ 09:19

Crime & Law·Malaga

All Saints’ Day shooting at cemetery in Spain’s Valencia was revenge attack

THE family of the Valencia shooting sought a revenge attack from an incident that occurred five years ago. The Policia Nacional in Valencia have launched

4 Nov, 2021 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Irish mobster Gerry the Monk Hutch arrested in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol

AN Irish gang boss implicated in the notorious Regency Hotel boxing event shooting in Dublin has been arrested on the Costa del Sol. Gerry ‘The

13 Aug, 2021 @ 13:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Drug gang that robbed other gangs on Costa del Sol dismantled by Spain’s Guardia Civil

A DRUGS gang that robbed other drug gangs on the Costa del Sol has been dismantled by the Guardia Civil.

8 Jul, 2020 @ 16:40

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Brit fugitive arrested in Spain on conspiracy to murder charges remanded in custody by Manchester court

A BRITON extradited from Spain has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder. Jamie Rothwell, 33, was detained by Policia Nacional in Barcelona last

17 Jun, 2020 @ 14:34

Lead·National News