Tag Archives: Torrevieja

One of the worst storms of July to hit Alicante in recent years has left many parts of the province with flooded roads. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) said the storm was linked to a trough crossing the area and stated that it was ‘more typical of late August or September than July’. It’s far from the only time that …

A BANK robbery gang responsible for at minimum 13 heists was brought to justice in a joint police and guardia civil operation. Searches were conducted at 11 homes, seven garages, and locations in Torrevieja and Benejuzar. Over €100,000 in cash was seized along with guns, frequency jammers, tools, and five high-end cars. READ MORE URB. LA HERRADA RAID, LOS MONTESINOS …

Elche has taken down a MAJOR supplier who supplied fake goods to street vendors in tourist areas of Costa Blanca. Two warehouses containing 36,000 counterfeit items with a potential retail value of over €780,000 were raided by the Guardia Civil. Five men with nationalities of Chinese and Moroccan as well as Ecuadorian have been arrested on charges of copyright infringement. …

Guardia Civil busted a GANG that was using legal cannabis clubs in southern Costa Blanca as a drug trafficking network. 17 individuals, with British, Colombian and Spanish nationalities, as well as Russian and Finnish, have been arrested. A court has ordered that six cannabis associations be closed for five year because they were used as a front to sell narcotics. …

An extradition from Portugal of a man suspected in the murder of a Belfast father and two-year-old John George, who was murdered on the Costa Blanca in December last year has taken place to Spain. Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Alan Smyth, 26, was named in international arrest warrants, having fled Spain following Mr. George’s disappearance in December. Smyth, who is from County …

A SUBJECT in the murder of Belfast father John George and his two children has agreed to extradite back to Spain. Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Alan Smyth, 26, was named in international arrest warrants having fled Spain following Mr. George’s disappearance in December. Smyth is said to have traveled through Asia and the Middle East, before arriving in Portugal. READ MORE SUSPECT …

A RUSSIAN mafia gang leader was arrested in Torrevieja after acting suspiciously before Guardia Civil officers. The 37-year old Moldovan man was sentenced to 11-years behind bars by a court in Gerona (Italy) in March 2022. He fled the country. The man belonged to VOR V ZAKONE, a Russian criminal organization that specialises in crimes against individuals through violence and …

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 …