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Humiliating police blunder in Spain: Major city loses almost HALF its patrol cars overnight after ‘bosses forgot to book their MOTs’

THE city of Sevilla was left with 45 fewer police cars on Wednesday following a blunder by the force’s headquarters. Dozens of Policia Local patrol

25 Sep, 2024 @ 16:59

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Father of missing Jay Slater calls for Interpol to take over the case as family continues their search in Tenerife for the 19-year-old bricklayer

THE father of missing Brit Jay Slater has called for Interpol to get involved in the case, more than three weeks after the 19-year-old bricklayer

9 Jul, 2024 @ 13:11

Tenerife

Alicante man kills his wife and then turns shotgun on himself during weekend of four domestic murders in Spain

Ferrari driver ‘waves a gun at people’ outside a school in Marbella: Bizarre behaviour sparks dramatic police response in San Pedro

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have opened an investigation after a man described as of an ‘advanced age’ and driving a Ferrari ‘waved a gun’ at people

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Three youngsters killed, two seriously injured, in horror car crash in Spain’s Madrid region

THREE men aged around 20 years old were killed in a horror car crash in the Madrid city of Leganes on Saturday morning, while the

6 Apr, 2024 @ 15:18

Lead·Madrid

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

SOME 1,500 passengers on a luxury cruise ship were left stuck on board their vessel in Barcelona port on Tuesday, after Spanish border officials refused

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Paw patrol: Highly intelligent robot dog joins a local police force on Spain’s Costa del Sol – this is what it can do

A ROBOT dog has joined a local police force on the Costa del Sol and will soon patrol the streets. READ MORE: Watch: Five arrests

19 Mar, 2024 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Travel warning for ‘unruly’ British tourists in Spain: Mayor of popular resort vows to crackdown on ‘yobbish’ behaviour

TOUGHER penalties have been promised against drunken tourists and criminal behaviour in the Playa de Palma area of Mallorca. Palma mayor, Jaime Martinez, made the

7 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

11 NeoNazis in Spain arrested with guns and arms seized as leaders call for government overthrow

POLICE have arrested 11 leaders of a NeoNazi group who allegedly called for their thousands of followers to arm themselves and overthrow the government. During

18 Dec, 2023 @ 11:38

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his tenants in their most intimate moments

THE TINY camera pictured above was the tool used by a landlord in Mallorca to secretly record 10 of his tenants, most of them female,

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Probe opened in Spain’s Madrid region after 11-year-old boy with autism left on school bus

THE MOTHER of an 11-year-old boy with autism has filed a police report after he was left asleep on a school bus in the morning,

18 Sep, 2023 @ 17:15

Madrid·Other News

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GRANADA SHOOTING: Man shot to death while sitting in car in Spain

A MAN in his forties has been shot and killed while sitting inside a parked car on a Granada avenue. According to official reports, emergency

4 Sep, 2023 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Life-threatening ‘balconing’ foreign tourists fined €36,000 each and thrown out of Magaluf hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

FIVE FOREIGN tourists have been fined €180,000 for the dangerous practice of ‘balconing’ at Magaluf hotels so far this summer. The Calvia Policia Local has

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

Russian businessman accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain as he applied for asylum

A FORMER Russian company boss got a shock at Benidorm police station where we went to process his asylum application but ended up collared on

21 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother was out partying all night on Spain's Costa Blanca

Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother is out partying all night on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl shopped her mother for going out all night with her boyfriend by shouting for help

8 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

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

Man Tipped A Cupboard Onto His Dead Mother After Killing Her With A Baseball Bat At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent

THE POLICE had to be called to a park in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Wednesday night, after two fathers got into a

3 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead

Two men found dead due to suspected overdose in Mallorca

Two bodies were discovered on July 24 in a town in Mallorca The cause of death was most likely an overdose however the Policia Nacional

26 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Five men imprisoned for an illegal marihuana plantation in a luxury chalet in Alicante

An illegal marihuana crop was discovered by the Guardia Civil on July 24 in a luxury urbanization in Alicante. The men are all between the

25 Jul, 2023 @ 20:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Paedophile British expat from Spain's Costa Blanca gets jailed for 15 years in UK

Elderly British paedophile living on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets jailed for 15 years in UK

A BRITISH resident of Algorfa has been jailed for 15 years and given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order after sexually abusing a girl in

19 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

In joint operation between Spain and UK, authorities bust cocaine smugglers using recreational boats

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has carried out a joint operation with UK authorities to bust a drug-trafficking gang that was using recreational boats to smuggle their

7 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead

British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

Three-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Galicia after mother accidently leaves him in locked car

A THREE-YEAR-OLD child died on Thursday after his mother accidently left him in a locked car. The youngster passed away after spending several hours in

7 Jul, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead

Woman Tries To Set Herself Alight Because She Could Not Board Ferry From Spain's Valencia

Woman tries to set herself alight because she could not board ferry at Spain’s Valencia

A 37-YEAR-OLD woman tried to set herself alight at the Port of Valencia in front of her young son after discovering they could not board

5 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

120 abandoned cars towed away in Spain’s Marbella

MARBELLA city council has removed more than 120 nuisance vehicles from public roads in the first semester. A total of 123 abandoned vehicles have been

4 Jul, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Marco Gaio Romeo Murderer Of Two Womwen In Torremolinos Photo Public Domain

Murderer of two women in Torremolinos confesses he killed his second victim in May

THE murderer of two women in Torremolinos has confessed he stabbed his latest victim to death in May. Marco Gaio Romeo, of Nettuno (Italy), was

3 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Angry Neighbour Throws Bleach At Children Living In His Costa Blanca Apartment Block In Spain

Woman arrested for stabbing her husband with a pair of scissors in Alicante

A WOMAN has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder her husband by stabbing him in the side with a pair of scissors in Elche

30 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

British fugitive wanted for conspiracy to murder arrested in Spain’s Marbella

A BRITISH fugitive wanted on suspicion of conspiring to murder a fellow Brit has been arrested in Marbella. The 32-year-old man, who had an international

27 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga