A THIEF has been arrested in Benidorm after stealing a bag containing €4,800 in a distraction burglary at a supermarket car park. The Algerian woman, 47, punctured the tyre of her car and waited for its driver to return, while pointing out she had a serious problem. The woman got out and called a friend, while the male grabbed an …
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A MOROCCAN barber who worked in the Barcelona region was deported to Morocco for recruiting and indoctrinating fighters in his salon for the Islamic State terror organization. The jihadist was a resident of Mataro, was expelled from the country by the National Court earlier this month and put on a flight to Casablanca. The Guardia Civil arrested the 53-year old …
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TWIN brothers, aged 20 years old and the sons of an infamous Mexican drug trafficker were arrested in Hungary and extradited from there to Spain. Patricio Ampudia Bernal and his son Pablo Lorenzo were accused of allegedly being members of a Sinaloa cartel cell in Barcelona. The Policia Nacional stated that the twins could have been involved in kidnapping, torturing …
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Murcia’s prosecutors have asked that Mitchell Ong, a Singaporean, be charged in connection with the death of Audrey Fang, a 39-year-old fellow national, which occurred in April 2013. Ong (43), a prisoner, watched a hearing that took place in Cieza, Thursday, by videolink. The maximum sentence for murder is between 15 and 25 year. READ MORE AUDREY AUDREY Manuel Martinez, …
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Arturo Torro’s body was discovered in his car Wednesday night. A MURDER investigation has been launched. When Xeresa Policia Local, Guardia Civil and Xeresa Police Local arrived on scene around 11pm the 62-yearold man was found with a bullet wound in his chest. The vehicle’s engine was still running on the N-332 at Xeresa when it was found. ARTURO TORRO …
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An Irish national who beat a Costa Blanca resident to death with a knuckleduster in a fit or jealous rage accepted a six-year prison sentence via a plea agreement. Wayne Walsh, 37 from Kilkenny, Ireland, will serve his sentence for the murder of Carl Carr in September 2018. The crime took place at an apartment on Torrevieja’s La Siesta residential …
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A RUSSIAN mafia group that laundered millions of euros for years in Spain for international criminal gangs, boasted of its contacts with ‘well-known Spanish politicians’ to help its activities. Clients included big criminal organizations operating in Spain, as well other countries, such as the Mocro Maffia (Serbian and Albanian cartels), the Colombian cartels (Cartel de Colombia), the Armenian mafia clans, …
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A passenger who planned to fly from Alicante Elche to Liverpool was caught with over 18 kilos in his suitcase. The 36 year old man was charged for drug trafficking and smuggling. He was bailed out after appearing in front of an Elche judge, and claiming his right to be silent. READ MORE SUITCASE HASH STASH(Guardia Civil image) The man …
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A MEMBER OF a narco-boat crew has died after colliding into a Guardia Civil boat during a chase Monday evening. The chase took place 20 nautical miles south-southwest of the mouth the Guadalquivir River in the province of Cadiz. A second trafficker was injured and taken to hospital in Jerez De la Frontera by helicopter. The remaining two crew members …
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On Friday, a man threw acid in the face of a woman walking her dog on a Costa Blanca beach. At around 9pm, an incident took place on Calle del Samaruc (Mutxamel). Residents of the area were shocked and worried about what happened. READ MORE The Guardia Civil reported that a man in a hood walked up to a woman …
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