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Vintage wine thieves in Spain ordered to pay over €750,000 to insurance company

Three arrested in Spain after stealing €25,000 worth of wine in Madrid’s upscale Salamanca district

THE NATIONAL POLICE this week arrested three men in Madrid on suspicion of stealing €25,000 worth of wine from shops in the city’s upscale Salamanca

26 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Corruption prosecutors in Spain seeking 15-year jail term for former interior minister in ‘Operation Kitchen’

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION public prosecutor at Spain’s High Court has called for former interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz to be given a 15-year prison sentence as

27 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Politics

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

Woman in Madrid arrested after leaving four-year-old daughter alone at night to go to work

A WOMAN has been arrested by police in Madrid after leaving her four-year-old daughter home alone at night so that she could go to work.

21 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Three youngsters in Spain found guilty of the biggest ever fraud against Amazon in Europe

THREE 22-year-olds from Mallorca have been convicted for what has been described as the biggest fraud against online retailer Amazon ever seen in Europe. The

7 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Five years later, 45 National Police officers could face trial for excessive force at illegal Catalan independence referendum

A TOTAL of 45 officers from Spain’s National Police force could see the inside of a courtroom for their alleged excessive use of force during

25 Jan, 2023 @ 20:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Mallorca couple arrested after fake marriage plot involving €4000 euros went horribly wrong

Instead of getting hitched, a couple from Mallorca were arrested instead after police uncovered the real reason behind their marriage. The pair in Mallorca were

11 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Benidorm Moves To Phase Two Of Major Energy Efficient Street Light Switchover On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window

THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

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

Spain’s National Police arrest one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Criminals in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police force has detained one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Michael J. Pratt. The suspect, a 40-year-old from New Zealand, was

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Man in Madrid detained for homicide after leaving wife to die on floor after a fall

OFFICERS from Spain’s National Police force have arrested a man in Madrid after he allegedly left his wife to die on the floor of their

8 Dec, 2022 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police raid weed farm hidden in the mountains of Spain’s Malaga and arrest two suspects

POLICE have busted a weed farm in the remote mountains of Malaga and arrested a man and woman who grew the illegal crop. Prosecutors charged

11 Nov, 2022 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Minor who was passing himself off as a doctor and making house calls arrested in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police have arrested a minor in Madrid who was passing himself off as an emergency doctor and was actually making house calls. He

2 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Three dead after man holes up in Ciudad Real country house and fires rifle at passers by

A MAN was shot dead by the Spanish Civil Guard on Wednesday after allegedly having fired a rifle at drivers and pedestrians in the province

26 Oct, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain’s National Police force scraps minimum-height requirement in bid to attract more women

A lack of height will no longer be an obstacle to budding recruits for Spain’s National Police force. In a bid to attract more women

12 Oct, 2022 @ 12:11

National News

Suspected Jihadist Terrorist Recruiter Arrested In Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Thirteen arrests made in joint Spanish-Moroccan swoop on suspected jihadists

SPAIN’S National Police today arrested 10 people in the North African city of Melilla and one person in the Spanish city of Granada due to

4 Oct, 2022 @ 15:35

Lead·National News

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

Police arrest two men in Málaga province transporting 700kg of hashish via the ‘Go Fast’ method

SPAIN’S National Police force seized 700 kilograms of hashish at a toll booth in Málaga province, after they intercepted the drivers of two vehicles that

3 Oct, 2022 @ 16:39

Alicante·Lead

Police seek man who ran over own mother-in-law after family dispute in Valencia

SPAIN’S National Police were on Wednesday seeking a man accused of running over his own mother-in-law with a car in Valencia, after a family row

21 Sep, 2022 @ 16:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Police from Spain find 400 kilos of cocaine after dramatic mid-Atlantic raid

SPANISH police seized 400 kilos of cocaine hidden in the false hull of a sailing boat raided 500 miles from the Azores Islands, authorities said.

21 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Judge orders fresh DNA tests on clothes worn by murdered Alcasser girls

A SPANISH court has mandated new DNA tests on clothes worn by Toñi, Miriam and Desire on the day they were kidnapped, raped, tortured and

11 Jul, 2022 @ 17:52

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News·Valencia

High Waters: Spanish police seize underwater drug smuggling drones

SPANISH police have impounded three underwater drones built specifically to smuggle narcotics from Morocco via the Strait of Gibraltar. The inventive method made use of

5 Jul, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain to rollout taser use for officers in Policia Nacional

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional is to begin a rollout of tasers for all officers. Until now, tasers in Spain’s police forces have been relatively restricted, with

18 Mar, 2022 @ 11:09

Lead·National News

Thieves grab victim round neck to steal €30,000 watch on Valencia street in Spain

Spain plans to lift minimum height requirement for police officers

SPAIN is poised to abolish the minimum height requirement for entry into its police forces in a bid to attract new recruits, especially women. Announcing

15 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Operation Cleaner: Drug gang that used ‘cocaine factory’ double-bottomed vehicles smashed by police

NATIONAL police based in the province of Malaga, Andalucia, have broken up a criminal gang that used double-bottomed vehicles equipped with drug-preparation facilities to distribute

27 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Eight arrested in Spain’s La Linea after police seize massive haul of contraband tobacco

EIGHT people have been arrested and 38,000 packets of contraband tobacco have been seized in La Linea in five raids during the past week. Spanish

19 Nov, 2021 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Lead

Firefighters in Malaga discover human remains in burnt out vehicle

Firefighters in the province of Malaga Spain discovered human remains in a burnt out van late on Saturday, November 6. Emergency services received calls from

7 Nov, 2021 @ 12:19

Malaga·Other News

Police car causes severe accident in Valencia

A NATIONAL Police car caused a severe accident when it jumped a red light and crashed into a family travelling in another vehicle in Valencia

29 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Tik Tok used by Spanish police from today to reach teens and the young during pandemic

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has released today, November 7, a new profile on the social media platform, Tik Tok. Arguably the most popular social network among

7 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead·National News

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