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MANCHESTER City’s Matheus Nunes was jailed last month after supposedly taking a cellphone while at a Madrid club. The Portuguese midfielder was held at a police headquarters for examining adhering to a case at the La Riviera club. Nunes was benefiting from a period break to delight in an evening out in the Spanish resources. LEARN MORE: NUNES( Cordon Press …

TWO German tourists appeared in court on Monday after causing extensive damage to a hotel in Arenal, a small tourist town south of Palma. The pair of 20-year-old males were arrested by the Policia Nacional after reportedly destroying a mattress, damaging furniture, letting off two fire extinguishers, disturbing other guests and even excreting in a lift at Hotel Leblon on …

THE Policia Nacional have launched an investigation after a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in Denia.  The victim was discovered in a parking garage in the Valencian city, which is located on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast. Sources close to the investigation told newspaper Las Provincias that the man had suffered at least one bullet wound. The garage …

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian authorities said the crime was committed at the end of 2021- before the invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. It’s not been revealed when the warrant was issued. The 31-year-old detainee allegedly collaborated with …

A LA RIOJA father and son have been arrested for stealing an electric scooter while on holiday 600 kms away in Benidorm after its GPS unit tracked them home. The Policia Nacional found the scooter in the boot of their car which was being serviced at a workshop. The €2,500 two-wheeler was part of fleet belonging to a Benidorm rental …

A WOMAN was stabbed at a packed Alicante ice cream parlour on Monday after a row involving her ex-partner and two grown-up sons. The 51-year-old woman was taken to the city’s Doctor Balmis Hospital but her life was never at risk. Her former partner, 47, and her two sons, aged 20 and 21, have been arrested by the Policia Nacional …

A MAN died on Monday night after being shot at least twice in an Elche area village on the Costa Blanca. The victim is said to be a non-Spaniard aged 45 and he was at a property in Daimes close to some tennis courts. One report said the foreigner was visiting his ex-partner and daughter while another media outlet said …

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Valencia province. The 50-year-old man lived under a false identity in Torrent and illegally kept three guns. The Brit had a European Arrest Warrant issued against him by UK authorities. SEIZED WEAPONS The Policia Nacional learned that he could be staying in a villa and …

A VALENCIA man with five legal warrants against him- including two to send him to prison- taunted authorities via a live video stream before the Policia Nacional arrived and arrested him. The 28-year-old Spaniard was due to a report to a prison on Tuesday and started streaming on social media from his phone while sat on a bench in the …

A SCAM based in Benidorm promising instant high returns on investments has been busted by the Policia Nacional after pocketing over €339,000 since 2021. Four people- all Spaniards- were arrested in the Costa Blanca city and have been charged with fraud, misappropriation, misleading advertising, money laundering and belonging to a criminal group. The investigation started in June 2023 when a …