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ALICANTE intensified its efforts against illegal street hawkers, with 120 police intervention in just July. Since Easter, the city council has destroyed over two tonnes of counterfeit goods. Items disposed included 720 football kit, 206 bags, purses and 52 undergarments. READ MORE FAKE GOODS MEET THIER END(Alicante Aytm image) Policia Local has taken action against vendors operating on the Playa …

A TARRAGONA court has sentenced Irishman Keith Byrne, who killed his girlfriend Kirsty in a Salou hotel on July 20, 2023, to 15 years behind bars. Kirsty, a mother of two, was strangled by a hair-straightener cord, just hours after ditching the ex-british soldier. They went on a vacation to the four-star Magnolia Hotel, hoping that they could mend their …

ONE of Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals has been arrested- just days before the statute of limitations kicked in on July 31- after hiding in a Madrid area shed for five years, without the owners knowing he was there. Alvaro PasquIn Mora, 32, was nicknamed as the ‘tattoo fugitive’ due to the large amount of ink on his body. He was …

The Guardia Civil warned tourists to the popular Costa Blanca beaches that valuables should be kept out of sight when parking their cars. Otherwise, they risk becoming a victim of robbery. This advice follows a series of burglaries by two dangerous fugitives who are evading French justice. European Arrest warrants have been issued for the Algerians aged between 31 and …

AUTHORITIES have smashed a drug-trafficking gang that hired ‘mules’ to collect cocaine shipments from Madrid airport. The criminals paid vulnerable people up €10,000 each and gave them a low-cost plane ticket to access the airport’s luggage area. The ‘mules’ would then pick up suitcases crammed with drugs off conveyor belts and pass them onto waiting gang members outside the airport. …

In the Vega Baja district of Alicante, two men have been injured by the latest shooting. The Policia Nacional is investigating what happened in the village La Aparecida on Friday morning, which belongs to the Orihuela municipality. Two Moroccans, aged 44 and 47, were shot and transported to Vega Baja Hospital. READ MORE Another incident this month was the July …

A man has been arrested in Mallorca’s Palma Airport after he bit a Guardia Civil official during a fight over lost luggage. After being charged with assaulting an officer of law enforcement, the 32-year-old attacker was released by a court. Authorities have not revealed his nationality or whether he was a tourist with his family. MORE MALLORCA NEWS: GUARDIA OFFICER …

THE alleged leader of the far-right ‘Deport Them Now’ group has been denied bail by a Catalunya court. He has been charged with hate crime, illegal weapon possession, and belonging an illegal group in order to commit discriminatory crimes. Christian LF (29 years old) appeared in front of a judge who sentenced him to prison. READ MORE GUARDIA CIVIL TORRE …

A FRENCH family on holiday in Javea, Spain was struck by a drunken driver as they crossed a pedestrian bridge. A few moments earlier, an inebriated motorist had struck down a 12-year old boy at another zebra crosswalk on the same road. The boy was only treated for bruises in his leg at the local health center. READ MORE JAVEA …

THE Guardia Civil filed 60 reports and identified 300 people as possible criminals in relation to incidents that occurred during Torre Pacheco’s riots between far-right demonstrators and local residents, mainly migrants. The Government Delegate to Murcia, Mariola Guevara, said she was confident that more arrests will occur ‘over the coming days’. After three Moroccans assaulted a resident aged 68 a …