Pensioner drowns on Costa del Sol after sunbathing with his wife Police and paramedics also arrived on the scene, near the Laguna Beach urbanization, but could not save him 13 May, 2019 @ 11:06 Lead·Malaga
British soldier and football coach guilty of intent to supply £3,000 of cocaine outside Gibraltar ‘military establishment’ After his initial arrest in February outside a ‘military establishment’ police also used ‘specialised sniffer dogs’ to search two locations 10 May, 2019 @ 15:11 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Corpse of woman aged 50-60 washes up in southern Spain port, she had not been in water long, police say An autopsy is currently being carried out to determine the woman’s cause of death 7 May, 2019 @ 15:32 Cadiz·Lead
Man in Marbella jailed for seven years after attempted knifepoint rape of woman at bus stop During an attempted escape by the attacker, he apparently waved the knife and signalled to those present to keep quiet 1 May, 2019 @ 11:09 Crime & Law·Lead
‘Foreign’ hotel worker arrested in Spain’s Andalucia over alleged rape of five-year-old girl The man was apparently linked to the parents through business and it is thought that this is how he was able to gain access to 29 Apr, 2019 @ 12:28 Crime & Law·Granada·Lead
Man in Spain arrested over double knife attack at Ryanair check-in desk that saw woman stabbed in ear A police officer took out his gun, and with a flight attendant managed to diffuse the situation 23 Apr, 2019 @ 11:33 Crime & Law·Lead
Two arrested in Spain’s Andalucia over violent drug deaths after bodies dumped down well and car burnt out Autopsies are currently taking place on the corpses, while both those arrested are giving statements 17 Apr, 2019 @ 15:15 Huelva·Lead
Eight arrested in HUGE drug bust in Spain as 200 Guardia Civil officers swoop on Tarifa and Algeciras It comes as a separate incident saw one of the most notorious hash dealers in Algeciras also detained by police 10 Apr, 2019 @ 15:30 Crime & Law·Lead
Leading European golf club cancels annual Spain break after member arrested for ‘drunkenly groping’ barmaid at 5-star Costa del Sol resort According to a regular guest at the hotel, Habersatter was ‘drunk’ with his friends 10 Apr, 2019 @ 09:00 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Seven arrested on Costa del Sol and in Barcelona as police bust drug gang who sold cannabis using cryptocurrencies Police also seized €2,000 in cash and €115,000 in computer equipment used for managing cryptocurrencies 8 Apr, 2019 @ 17:16 Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News
Guardia Civil officer and his kids arrested for money laundering in Costa del Sol’s Estepona The public official, who is actually based in Ciudad Real, is now awaiting trial, according to the source 5 Apr, 2019 @ 10:43 Crime & Law·Lead
FISHY BUSINESS: Spain’s Guardia Civil seize illegally caught 180kg bluefin tuna in Marbella It is a crime to catch, transport and market seafood without having documents and labels to trace the product 2 Apr, 2019 @ 11:28 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with fake name Judge Rhys Rowlands told Hayes that he wouldn’t automatically get parole after serving half of his sentence, saying it is possible he could serve it 27 Mar, 2019 @ 12:30 Crime & Law·Granada·Lead
British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas 26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it outside’ mid-flight Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’ 26 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: ‘Woman not wearing shoes’ sparks bloody brawl on Ryanair flight from UK to Spain A picture showed blood on one of one of the plane’s overhead lockers before the flight set off back from Tenerife 18 Mar, 2019 @ 10:50 Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News
British expat in Spain who ‘asked friend’ to cut off his penis seemed ‘normal’ hours before but ‘struggled with gender’ The man was found staggering around Zaragoza dismembered and bloodied 16 Mar, 2019 @ 13:01 Crime & Law·Health·Lead
Giles Brown thought he had left his brushes with the law back in the 1980s One of the good things about being over a certain age, however, is that you don't tend to attract police attention 10 Mar, 2019 @ 10:31 Giles Brown: Loud and Clear
Local Vox leader in Spain arrested for alleged sexual abuse of disabled children and paying them for sex acts Police are now investigating to see if there are more victims and to see if there is more evidence on computers and tablets 6 Mar, 2019 @ 12:13 Crime & Law·Lead
GAS HORROR: Billionaire beer heiress and partner killed by noxious gas in €8 million Spain finca The family of Philippine - a professional osteopath and generous benefactor - are the third largest shareholders of multinational Ab Inbev, based in Belgium 28 Feb, 2019 @ 13:42 Lead·Mallorca
WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain 21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:08 Crime & Law·Lead·Sport
Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body 21 Feb, 2019 @ 15:12 Crime & Law·Lead
Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti Police training was put to use as officers in Rincon caught three graffiti artists red-handed 21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:41 Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga
Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month 19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Costa del Sol police arrest young mum for trying to throw daughter, three, out of 10th floor apartment window Police said the house was littered with feces and rubbish, and they found a dog locked in a cage with its own feces 18 Feb, 2019 @ 17:17 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters “All those who work or collaborate with drug traffickers will end up in jail" 12 Feb, 2019 @ 18:00 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla