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DOZENS of small investors in Spain were conned out of €7.7 million via a bogus crowdfunding scheme between 2022 and 2024. Six people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in A Coruña and Madrid.. A dozen bank accounts have been blocked as well as the seizure of a property worth €60,000. READ MORE POLICIA NACIONAL PROBE Advertisements were placed …

The Policia Nacional arrested a gang based in COSTA del Sol with British, Irish and Spanish members who exported marijuana hidden inside animal feed pallets. Since 2019, the crew may have smuggled as much as three tons of pot into Ireland. The Policia Nacional conducted 12 raids simultaneously, resulting in the arrest of 13 people. READ MORE The number of …

A MAN operating an online campervan sales business was arrested for defrauding a minimum of 12 people in Spain. The 46-year old Spaniard from Tibi (province of Alicante) swindled deposits for cars with the customers receiving nothing. Alicante, Barcelona Granada, Navarre, Balearic Islands and Sevilla were all affected, though the Guardia Civil is concerned that the numbers could go up. …

EIGHTEEN men, from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, have been rescued by the Spanish police from a tobacco factory that was illegally operating in Andalucia. They were being forced to produce eight million fake cigarettes per day in inhumane circumstances. Guardia Civil revealed the rescue on Tuesday after uncovering it while investigating suspected drug trafficking at a Malaga warehouse.  Instead, …

Two teenage Irish tourists were arrested and released after a vicious attack on a man aged 71 and his 20-year-old grandson in Santa Ponsa. After an incident at a tattoo parlour in Calle Ramon de Montcada, the victims- both Irish- were assaulted early on Thursday morning. It is important to note that the word “you” means “you”. Diario de Mallorca …

A VALENCIA antiquarian shop was raided because it sold illegal goods made of elephant ivory. 127 items were removed by the Guardia Civil, who described the seizure as one of Spain’s ‘biggest-ever’. The ivory comes from African and Asian elephants that are protected. READ MORE CARVINGS ILLEGAL AND INTRICATE The Guardia’s environment unit Seprona said the ‘damage to fauna’ was …

Three employees of a Valencian firm that manufactures coffee-making machines were arrested for stealing 34 units and selling them. The unnamed firm is in the La Safor region and the stolen catering-size machines were worth close to €30,000. A number of machines were ear-marked for recycling but the employees sold them and others in a cut-price deal to a man …

A British fugitive wanted by police for multiple murders, who crashed his car in Mijas, has been arrested. The man is said to be linked to a ‘dangerous’ London-based criminal gang. The Briton, who has not been named, was arrested by himself after an argument took place at a gas station on Thursday lunchtime. READ MORE SEIZED GUNS & AMMO(Mijas …

Three Turkish men were arrested after the death of a key member in an organised crime rival gang in Torrevieja’s busy tourist district. On Sunday evening, at around 7 pm, the killing took place near the intersection of Calle Pedro Lorca and Rambla de Juan Mateo Garcia in the old city area. Turkish media says the dead man is Caner …

A BENIDORM employee who worked in a bar was jailed for 5 years for the attempted murder a British tourist in October 2022. Alicante Provincial Court also ordered that the unnamed employee pay €42,500 in compensation to Samuel McNicholl from Paisley in Scotland. Samuel, a 20-year-old man at the time, was stabbed in the neck multiple times while he was …