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Marbella drug traffickers lose €16 million in cryptocurrency in record seizure

THREE Dutch people have been arrested in the Marbella area over a €16 million cryptocurrency scam that mainly fleeced criminals. The Policia Nacional cooperated with

15 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

‘Sophisticated’ fake cigarette factory with €4m monthly turnover is raided by police in Spain’s Malaga

A COUNTERFEIT cigarette factory operating around the clock in Malaga province with a monthly turnover of €4 million has been dismantled by the Guardia Civil.

14 Nov, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Spanish cops intercept new ‘Rosin Hash’ drug being sent from the US to the Costa del Sol

CUSTOMS officers and the Guardia Civil have seized a shipment of a marijuana super-concentrate known as ‘Rosin Hash’ at the port of Sevilla which had

22 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Wild boar numbers surge by 700% in Malaga province raising risk of diseases and cross breeding

WILD boar numbers have increased dramatically in Spain, with an estimated 500% rise in Malaga province during the last decade. Besides causing road accidents, boars

17 Oct, 2024 @ 15:20

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

German man is jailed after his boat struck and killed a jet ski rider in Spain’s Marbella

A GERMAN national has been arrested for negligent homicide after his boat collided with a jet ski at Puerto Banus near Marbella. The male victim,

27 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Lead·Marbella

Body of a man is found on a popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Police are working to identify him

THE BODY of a clothed man was discovered on a Costa del Sol beach on Monday evening. A passer-by on Nerja’s Playa del Carabeillo spotted

27 Aug, 2024 @ 11:05

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Rafael Nadal and business partner to invest €200m into building luxury homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TENNIS star Rafa Nadal and Ibizan businessman, Abel Matutes, will invest over €200 million to build luxury homes on the Costa del Sol. Under their

26 Aug, 2024 @ 11:49

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Victim of deadly shooting in gated Estepona community was a 34-year-old man from Belgium

A MAN found shot dead in the gated community of El Paraiso, Estepona on Monday morning has been identified as a 34-year-old Belgian national. No

13 Aug, 2024 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Plague of invasive hornets threaten bees and honey production across Spain’s Malaga

AN INVASION of oriental hornets is threatening bee hives and honey production in Malaga province. There are over 30,000 hives in the area and the

10 Aug, 2024 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

This town in Malaga was the hottest in Spain during Thursday’s heatwave after surpassing 44C

ALORA in Malaga province clocked the highest temperature in Spain on Thursday with the Aemet weather station there recording 44.3 degrees. The figure was recorded

2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:04

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Toll road may soon be discounted for certain drivers in bid to reduce traffic chaos on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TOLL charges on the AP-7 motorway on the Costa del Sol could be discounted for workers and students in a bid to reduce traffic jams

26 Jul, 2024 @ 13:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Doctors in Spain are investigated are giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

Doctors in Spain are investigated for giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

THREE doctors working for the Andalucian Health Service are being probed for prescribing over 20,000 pychotropic tablets in nine months to the same patient. The

24 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Greenpeace warns beaches along Spain’s Andalucia are disappearing due to rising sea levels – these are the most at risk areas

A GREENPEACE report on beach erosion in Spain caused by rising sea levels says that Andalucia is one of the area’s worst affected by degeneration.

23 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Cruel scammers in Spain are arrested for ‘pretending to find missing dogs and charging their desperate owners compensation’

TWO people have been arrested in Mijas for allegedly defrauding owners of lost dogs seeking information about their missing pets. Three people were conned in

18 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: How a cocaine lab on Spain’s Costa del Sol extracted the drug from laced cocoa powder, charcoal and coffee imported from Colombia

A FAMILY-LED gang that allegedly processed cocaine imported from Colombia at clandestine laboratories in Fuengirola and Ciudad Real has been busted by the police. Nine

2 Jul, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Cost of renting property during summer on Spain’s Costa del Sol has risen 128% since 2014

HOLIDAY home rental costs during the summer on the Costa del Sol have more than doubled in a decade. A week in one of Spain’s

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Major resort in Spain plans to fine tourists €750 for peeing in the sea

BATHERS who decide to relieve themselves in the sea at Marbella’s beaches will be fined up to €750. The measure makes up part of the

25 Jun, 2024 @ 15:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Fake ‘deaf’ people who pestered Mallorca restaurant customers for cash, beat up angry diner and flee to Spain’s Costa del Sol

THREE people who pretended to be deaf have been arrested after a Mallorca restaurant customer was beaten up after one of them spat at his

19 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Mallorca

Skin cancer rates are surging on Spain’s Costa del Sol, warn health experts

EXPERTS have warned about a significant rise in skin cancer cases in Malaga province, but many people are treated successfully as it is detected early.

15 Jun, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa del Sol·Health·Lead

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

Plain-clothed police arrest couple using ‘love hug’ method to steal luxury watches from pedestrians in Spain

A MARRIED Romanian couple have been arrested for a series of ‘love hug’ robberies after plain-clothed Guardia Civil officers helped a potential victim on a

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Europe’s biggest-ever seizure of laughing gas cuts supply line to nightclubs and bars on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FIVE people have been arrested in Malaga province after the Guardia Civil seized 21,302 litres of nitrous oxide(laughing gas)- the biggest-such seizure in Europe. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:58

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Must visit: The three most beautiful ‘lost’ towns in Spain that could soon cease to exist due to depopulation – including one in Malaga

AROUND 3,000 villages in Spain have been abandoned in recent decades due to depopulation as younger people go to big cities for work. Accessibility and

9 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Russian-run gang steals cars from Ukrainian refugees in Spain and sells them across Europe

A RUSSIAN-LED gang has been busted for stealing cars from Ukrainian refugees in Spain and selling them to buyers across Europe. When some of the

7 Jun, 2024 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga

Spain refuses to make the AP-7 toll road free along the Costa del Sol despite horrendous daily traffic jams – but WILL open up a toll road in Alicante

THE government is hoping that the AP-7 and A-70 Alicante by-pass will very soon become a toll-free road. The imminent move will free up a

27 May, 2024 @ 15:14

Alicante·Costa del Sol·Lead

British expat, 23, who ‘stabbed a man and sliced his femoral artery during a brawl in Benalmadena’ is held in prison for ‘attempted murder’

A BRITISH man is being held in prison for allegedly trying to stab a man to death in Benalmadena. The Policia Nacional said the 23-year-old

23 May, 2024 @ 12:33

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

BENALMADENA City Council has provisionally approved fines of up to €600,000 for people flouting drought measures if they are imposed in a serious situation. Supplies

25 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead