Crimes & Law

A JOINT Guardia Civil-Police Nacional operation in Eastern Spain has demolished a gang which trafficked and exploited South American women. Apartments and buildings were used for brothels in Murcia and the surrounding areas of Valencia, Alicante and Malaga. Officers freed a ‘large’ but undisclosed number of victims in addition to making a dozen arrests. READ MORE The ringleaders – a …

The 32-year-old Steven Gray has been identified as the Briton who was shot and killed in an ambush on the Costa del Sol, according to local media. Liverpool Echo. Gray was killed on Easter Monday evening in what witnesses described as a ‘gun fight’ in the popular British holiday resort of Calahonda, between Marbella and Fuengirola.  Around 8.15pm, the fatal …

A car carrying 7,240 Ecstasy pills crashed into a roadside sign after a high-speed chase through Benidorm. Policia Nacional arrested two men. Both were 35 years old, and had an undisclosed nationality. They were stopped by a police officer at a checkpoint in the early morning hours, but then took off. MORE BENIDORM NEWS: ECSTASY STASH Police patrols have been …

Unoff-duty Policia Nacional officers caught a TYRE slasher who operated in Benalmadena. The 54-yearold man was first spotted early on Monday morning, in Torrequebrada, a district in the Costa del Sol. The policeman observed the man puncturing car tires as he walked down Avenida Estrella del Mar. READ MORE The officer who was off duty called the control room 091 …

A MAGALUF hotel worker who had his jaw broken by a British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’. Mallorca’s Speakers Ultima Hora newspaper, he expressed his disgust that the offender is back in the UK after paying bail of just €1,000. The married father of three is forced to take sleeping tablets and is fed through a straw. READ …

A 29-year Irishman was stabbed in the morning of Sunday, Orihuela Costa’s La Zenia. Authorities claim that the victim has a criminal background. It is important to note that the word “you” means “you”. Informacion Newspaper reports that he informed the Guardia Civil he knew who his attacker was but he wasn’t prepared to identify him. READ MORE: VICTIM RECOVERING …

Elche has taken down a MAJOR supplier who supplied fake goods to street vendors in tourist areas of Costa Blanca. Two warehouses containing 36,000 counterfeit items with a potential retail value of over €780,000 were raided by the Guardia Civil. Five men with nationalities of Chinese and Moroccan as well as Ecuadorian have been arrested on charges of copyright infringement. …

A CHINESE 19-year-old man was arrested for failing to help his friend drown in the river of Valencia. Wen Tao Chi, a 20-year old male also Chinese, fell into the Turia River at Manises in the early hours of Sunday. Before the accident, both men had been drinking beer in a park near their home. MORE VALENCIA NEWS: Z.H. After …

A SENIOR member of the PSOE Socialist Party has resigned due to a corruption investigation that could threaten the minority government led by the PSOE. According to a recently published report, Santos Cerdan is suspected of complicity in the alleged improper allocation of public contracts. The Supreme Court said a Guardia Civil report and an audio recording ‘reveals the existence …

Guardia Civil busts a group that sold weapons to drug gangs all over Spain. The military-style guns were supplied to traffickers to help them ‘protect’ marijuana farms and warehouses. 18 people have been arrested including members of the notorious ‘Los Pulleros’ clan based in the Murcia region town of Alguazas. READ MORE #OperacionesGC | Desmantelada una organización criminal que suministraba …