Tag Archives: Costa del Crime

The Spanish police have captured several notorious criminals on the Costa del Sol in a massive operation to take down the Lyons crime family. The Olive Press Ian Hollis is an expat who lives in Scotland. This long-time pub-owner is well-known on the Costa del Sol. He has previously run a number of popular local bars, including Our Bar in …

POLICE officers on the Costa del Sol recently arrested seven individuals and seized an arsenal of ammunition and weapons after two shootings that occurred between rival families. Over 50 officers from Malaga’s Policia Nacional branch took part in an organized raid this morning on two properties in Marbella. The officers found two real guns, ammunition, fake firearms, large sums of …

A BRITISH MAN who is accused of carrying out the Mafia assassination style killings of two Scottish underworld figures, has said that his rights would be violated by being imprisoned in Spain. On May 31, a masked assassin gunned down two notorious crime bosses outside a packed Fuengirola pub – moments after the pair of high-ranking Scottish gangsters had watched …

MARBELLA’S local police department launched a pilot program for body cameras that can transmit images in real-time to the Force’s Command and Control Center. Mayor Angeles Munoz said that the officers would wear up to ten devices over a period of three months, each with a battery of eight hours.  This emphasises the municipality’s commitment to ‘strengthening officer safety and …