An outdoor brawl that took place between Italians in Altea’s Old Town on Saturday morning caused a skull injury to one of the parties. Alicante General Hospital placed the Italian victim, 27 years old, into an induced-coma due to his severe injuries. Guardia Civil detained a 24-year old Spaniard one hour after the attack. VICTIM IN SOCIALMEDIA IMG A Benidorm …
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A 38-YEAR OLD tourist was arrested in Mallorca for attacking a hotel staff member in a dispute over whether the stuffed animal toy of his son had been stolen. Guardia Civil arrested the aggressor, of unknown nationality, following an incident that occurred at a Son Servera Hotel on Thursday. After being treated in a health center, the victim was transferred …
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A 17-year old VALENCIA boy is being investigated after he sent AI-generated images and videos of sixteen female classmates. The material had been posted on social media sites and published on websites. The boy is accused of corrupting minors. He attends an elementary school in Ribera-Alta. READ MORE GUARDIA INVESTIGATES A victim reported to Guardia Civil in December that an …
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Four men were remanded in custody by a Castellon Court for robbing businesses and shops across Spain. Guardia Civil stated that the group broke into premises in Alicante (Castellon), Cuenca, Madrid Malaga, Murcia Toledo and Valencia. All of them have been charged for robbery. They were also accused of car theft and falsifying public documents. READ MORE Theft of a …
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A court has ordered four Romanians to stay away from Guadalest following the robbery of numerous tourists. A Villajoyosa court judge released a man aged 43 and three women aged 31 34 37. However, the judge also confiscated their passports. They were ordered to return to court in 15-day intervals. After establishing roadblocks on routes leading out of Guadalest, the …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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A 22 YEAR OLD man has been charged with assaulting women over the age of 60 in Callosa de Segura, and stealing their jewellery. He then sold it. The detainee, who committed six robberies in Alicante between March and may, did not hesitate to use violent methods. An Orihuela court remanded him into pre-trial detention. READ MORE CALLOSA SEGURA ARREST …
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A 69-year-old British man was arrested after he tried to smuggle 62 kilograms of cannabis resin on a ferry at Spain’s North African enclave, Ceuta. The Guardia Civil discovered the packs of drugs hidden in what they described as a ‘sophisticated’ false roof lining in his UK-licensed car. Around 6pm, Sunday evening, vehicles were being inspected as they boarded a …
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