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Two women will appear in court Thursday for attacking police and health workers at a health centre in the Murcia region. The violence erupted around 11pm Tuesday night when the duo visited the Emergency Department at the Cieza medical facility. Four people including two guards from the center were attacked. READ MORE CIEZA CENTRE The women appeared in a state …

AN ALICANTE real estate agency hatched an elaborate plot to steal €120,000 in cash from a vulnerable elderly client. Policia Nacional arrested two men (including the agency manager) and a female for burglary. The names of the agencies and the nationalities of detainees have not been disclosed. READ MORE BOGUS BUNDLES Access to the 85-year old woman’s house was gained …

Three Italian mafia members known as Ndrangueta, a gang of Italian mafias, have been arrested on Ibiza. They were detained last Friday in a joint operation between the Policia Nacional and Italy’s Carabinieri which was described as ‘high risk’. A police statement stated that the men “were very dangerous and had a high likelihood of resisting arrest”. READ MORE The …

After being caught in Spain with a fake ID, a SERBIAN convicted drug dealer sentenced to 4 years in prison was arrested. He was imprisoned in Serbia in 2016, but escaped. He spent seven years hiding out on Lloret de Mar. He obtained a Foreigner ID Number by using a fake Slovakian passport. READ MORE POLICIA LOCAL, LLORET DE MAR …

A WOMAN who cared after an elderly female client in Valencia helped herself to over €30,000- mainly after she died last September. The 43-year old carer made transfers into her 24-year son’s bank to receive the stolen funds. Fraud has led to the arrest of both mother and son by the Policia Nacional. READ MORE Police were called after a …

On Monday, a man was killed after he lunged at two Policia Nacional police officers in a Valencia apartment with a knife. The attacker was a 46 year old Chinese national who ran a bar. The officers fired in self-defense after they were called to handle a violent argument at an apartment building on Calle Godofredo Ros located in the …

Two suspected jihadists were arrested in Catalunya after an 18-month investigation by the Policia Nacional. Men were arrested in Vallfogona de Balaguer (Lleida Province) on Thursday. They are accused by the police of the crimes self-indoctrination (active terrorist indoctrination), collaboration and active terrorist endoctrination. READ MORE Specialized anti-terrorism officers have detected an individual who is very active on the internet, …

A HOTEL headwaiter was arrested for extorting workers and harassing them at a Benidorm establishment. The 43-year-old man was detained by the Policia Nacional who discovered he coerced dining room staff into paying him €100 per month. He also received cash payments from individuals so they could join his group. READ MORE POLICIA NACIONAL BENIDORM The monthly €100 top-up ensured …

In separate incidents, two female American tourists – one 17 years of age – were allegedly sexually abused in Valencia. One victim, 21, said she was raped last Friday morning by a German, aged 19, she met in a nightclub. She complained to the Policia Nacional that she had returned with the man and five of his friends to an …

Police Nationale arrested a rent collector for violently removing squatters from a Toledo apartment. Four ‘large’ men- hired to clear out three people- have also been detained. The person responsible for collecting rent from tenants, along with the owner of the property, who lives overseas, devised a plan for the trio to be evicted for not paying for months. READ …