Crimes & Law

On Monday night, a British man was killed in Mijas. Guardia Civil has not confirmed the details of the victim’s age and whereabouts. Around 8.10pm, witnesses reported eight to ten gunshots on Calle Urbaneja within the Sitio Calahona Urbanisation. READ MORE Two men are suspected to have been involved and they waited outside of the Naundrop Sports Club where the …

A FRENCH national was arrested after an attack with a knife inside the Great Mosque in Valencia. Police Local officers were able to subdue the attacker after a Mosque official received a serious head injury. Paramedics sedated a man taken to the Clinical Hospital in the city. READ MORE VALENCIA MOSQUE – PRAYER ROOM The assailant, 22, told police and …

A DRUGGED DRIVER has been arrested for plowing into a group cyclists in Calpe, killing one. A 20-year old Spaniard was charged with homicide and causing injury, as well as violating the road safety regulations. On Sunday, around 11.30am, a collision occurred between 20 people on the N-332 in Altea direction just outside of the Mascarart Tunnel. READ MORE EMERGENCY …

CALPE launched a major campaign against illegal sellers who sell mainly counterfeit goods to unwitting buyers on the beach promenades. To stop unlicensed hawkers, the Policia Local de la ciudad has pooled resources with Guardia Civil. This week, 25 officers were involved in a first sweep along the Levante beach and Poniente beach with the help of a drone. READ …

In Murcia, an alleged jihadist terrorist group member including Daesh was arrested. The Guardia Civil said he had been active in his support since 2019 and his sister had been expelled the following year for activities ‘contrary to national security’. The Moroccan national was arrested on April 2, in the Infante district, Murcia. READ MORE SUSPECT RETAINED Authorities claimed that …

A pensioner, aged 83, from Carranque (Toledo), claims to be in financial difficulty after her tenant, who allegedly did not pay rent for the past two years, accused her to have contributed to a suicide. Paquita tells Cuatro’s programme En Boca de Todos She rented out the house of her deceased mother to supplement her pension.  She claims that Beatriz …

MOROCCAN authorities discovered the entrance to a smuggling drug tunnel that led into Spain’s North African enclave Ceuta. It was in an area that is exclusively used by the Moroccan military. In February, the Guardia Civil discovered the Ceuta ending during a search in a warehouse. READ MORE TRAPDOOR FOR CEUTA ENTRANCE(Guardia Civil image) Morocco has been silent since that …

Within minutes of a foreign tourist’s wallet being stolen in Benidorm, nine transactions were made using the missing credit card. Nevertheless, the Policia Nacional arrested the two men behind the theft and a shop manager who used the card – just 20 minutes after the robbery. A holidaymaker returned to his apartment in the early morning when he was robbed …

Europol and the Policia Nacional have coordinated an operation to bust a robbery group that uses LOVE-HUGs as a form of intimidation. In Spain, there have been 21 arrests (13 in Murcia, and 8 in Madrid), and 16 raids in Spain and Romania. The authorities have identified 46 crimes in one of their largest-ever sweeps across the country. READ MORE …

A massive counterfeit cigarette racket was busted in Alicante. The gang operated a network that included factories and warehouses to manufacture and distribute the fake cigarettes abroad, as well as for Spanish clients. Seven people were arrested, and millions of illegal cigarettes along with production line machinery have been seized. READ MORE STOCKED TOBACCO Late last year, the Guardia Civil …