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Man shot dead by bullets to the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia believed to be related to drug trafficking

POLICE believe the death of a 30-year-old man shot in the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia, not far from the Costa del Sol, is

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Cyber scammers pocket over €5 million by defrauding users of cloned electronic product websites in Spain

Cyber criminals swindle victim out of €237k over property purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 16 people for defrauding a woman out of €237,622 by intercepting and altering emails to trick her during a Costa

29 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Kidnap victim rescued by police after €100,000 ransom demand on Spain's Costa Blanca.

Albanian mafia kidnaps and tortures man before demanding €100k ransom from his girlfriend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have freed a 24-year-old man who was held hostage for two days in Calpe with the kidnappers demanding a €100,000 ransom from

27 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Former cleaner steals nun's bank card to make multiple cash withdrawals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Nun’s bank card stolen and used in multiple ATM withdrawals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ex-cleaner who stole a nun’s bank card and racked up €2,640 of cash withdrawals has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Petrer. The

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Army captain who ordered Cordoba soldiers to go into a near-frozen pool of mud is suspended after two died

THE CAPTAIN of a Cordoba-based army unit that saw two men die during an exercise on Thursday has been relieved of his command while a

22 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead

Nearly100 deer die in a natural park in Spain’s Andalucia due to weather-related lung disease

‘Illegal’ hunter who ‘beheaded majestic deer in the dead of night after slaying them with a gun and silencer’ is arrested in southern Spain

A MAN who hunted deer with a silencer and night-vision goggles in Spain’s Andalucia to use their heads as trophies was arrested in a police

22 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded weapons including machine guns at his home on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded machine guns at his Costa Blanca home in Spain

A FORMER solider has been arrested in Villajoyosa for operating a clandestine workshop where he upgraded weapons and made gunpowder and metal gun cartridges. The

21 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation ‘Neckars’ led to the

17 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Castellon·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Residents launch citizen patrols to stop burglaries in popular expat area of Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents launch vigilante patrols on Spain’s Costa Blanca following surge in burglaries

A SHARP spike in home robberies has forced worried residents of Pinar de Campoverde on the southern Costa Blanca to demand action to catch the

11 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in Spain's Murcia

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in southern Spain

A SECOND-HAND car salesman from Cartagena has been arrested for scamming seven victims out of €100,000. The 36-year-old Spaniard worked at an undisclosed dealership and

7 Dec, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Murcia

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Three pitbulls are shot dead by police in Spain just hours after they attacked a woman enjoying a morning walk

THREE PITBULLS that seriously injured a Mallorcan woman when she was out for a walk have been shot dead by police. The 38-year-old victim was

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Animals·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat’s home is taken over by squatters who turn it into mammoth marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of an Aspe property belonging to a British national who died in 2022.

28 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Ay, caramba! Moment a huge €130m haul of ‘Bart Simpson cocaine’ sent from South America is seized in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container on a Quart de Poblet industrial estate in Valencia province. Some of

27 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Girl, 3, taken to hospital after early-morning fire destroys flat in Spain’s Valencia area

ELEVEN people including a three-year-old girl were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a 12-storey apartment block in Canet d’en Berenguer, Valencia province.

24 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is brought down in Alicante

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante

FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse

22 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

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

Dozens arrested for duplicating SIM cards of unsuspecting victims and using their data to go on €110,000 shopping spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FOUR-STRONG Valencia gang ran a phone card fraud that syphoned off over €110,000 from 15 victims. The criminals hired 31 ‘mules’ across Alicante and

20 Nov, 2023 @ 19:00

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

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

French expat, 25, is arrested after ‘setting up a fake shopping website and defrauding British and other customers out of €200,000

A 25-YEAR-OLD Frenchman has been arrested in the Valencia area on 104 counts of fraud and money laundering after tricking online buyers to purchase goods

15 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Devastating November fire was caused by power lines touching tree branches in Spain's Valencia

Farm labourers may have started forest fire that devastated 2,500 hectares of trees and land in Spain’s Valencia

A SMALL bonfire close to the Montitxelvo sports centre could have sparked a forest fire that destroyed 2,500 hectares of land in the Vall d’Albaida

11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Border guards find 90 kilos of cocaine with ‘Scarface’ pictures smugglers tried to take INTO Morocco from Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE have found 90 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a car smugglers tried to take into Morocco at a ferry port in Spain’s Andalucia. The

7 Nov, 2023 @ 09:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

French fugitive wanted for drive-by shooting is surrounded by gun-wielding police in Spain’s Alicante province

A FUGITIVE wanted for attempted murder in Strasbourg, France, has been arrested by gun-wielding Guardia Civil officers in Alicante province. The man, 31, has dual

3 Nov, 2023 @ 14:12

Alicante·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

British retirees living in Spain's Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

Nursing home scandal: 10 workers are arrested for reckless homicide after ‘covering up how resident died in a car park’ in Spain’s Murcia

TWELVE workers at a Murcia nursing home are being investigated over the death of a resident after her family received anonymous letters that she didn’t

30 Oct, 2023 @ 15:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia