Tag Archives: Valencia

FC BARCELONA have announced the date for their long-awaited return to the Camp Nou after more than two years away – even though renovations remain incomplete. The Catalan giants will head back to their famous ground – currently sponsored by music streaming platform Spotify – on August 10, 2025, for the Joan Gamper Trophy, a one-off annual exhibition match played …

A FEMALE died on Monday after an intentionally started fire in the psychiatric area of Valencia’s La Fe hospital. Policia Nacional arrested two male patients who escaped the unit. One of the two was a man aged 34, who had been charged with both homicide as well as arson. READ MORE LA FE HOSPITAL Smoke spread from the seventh-floor wing …

AN ‘ENGLISH-SPEAKING’ woman has told police that was the victim of sexual assault involving three men in Valencia. The 21-year-old ‘non-Spaniard’ was discovered unconscious and semi-naked at 2am on Monday in a park close to the University of Valencia campus. Many students frequent the area, whether they rent nearby flats or travel from afar to drink at local pubs or …

The Tax Agency and Policia Nacional have taken down a cocaine gang in VALENCIA that manufactured and sold the drug. 25 people were arrested, with a crew that had a laboratory capable to produce up 30 kilos of cocaine per day. Detainees include 12 Columbians (including a Mexican), nine Spaniards (including two Albanians), a Mexican and an Italian. READ MORE …

A JOINT Guardia Civil-Police Nacional operation in Eastern Spain has demolished a gang which trafficked and exploited South American women. Apartments and buildings were used for brothels in Murcia and the surrounding areas of Valencia, Alicante and Malaga. Officers freed a ‘large’ but undisclosed number of victims in addition to making a dozen arrests. READ MORE The ringleaders – a …

The Policia Nacional arrested a gang of teenagers for severely injuring an 11-year-old boy outside a Valencia School. Last Thursday, six juveniles aged 14-17 were arrested. The same group was investigated in February for a similar event involving a child outside another school. READ MORE The latest assault took place in Valencia’s Maritim district on April 14. About 10 teenagers …

THE Guardia Civil has seized counterfeit items valued at around €6 million stored in warehouses around Spain. The items included fake clothing, toys, electrical products, and cigarette lights. Three Chinese nationals were arrested, and four more are being investigated. READ MORE FAKES FOUND They are accused by the police of crimes against industrial properties and smuggling. The Guardia had been …

A VALENCIA woman is in critical condition at a regional hospital, after contracting rabies nearly a full year ago from a dog biting her in Ethiopia. Rabies is a fatal disease in almost 100% of cases once symptoms appear and the current prognosis for the patient has been described as ‘very poor’. The 44-year old was not immunized against rabies …

A VETERAN motorist was arrested twice in just three days in Murcia and Valencia for driving the wrong way on the motorway. The 74 year old man was arrested by the Guardia Civil Tuesday morning in the Cartagena region. The driver of the vehicle travelling the opposite way was reported to the emergency services by a road user. READ MORE …

In Valencia and Madrid, a SEVEN-month investigation into a drug trafficking family led gang resulted in 40 arrests. Policia Nacional characterized the operation as being one of the biggest drug busts in recent memory in the Valencia metropolitan region. Officers also seize 57 fighting cockerels from a house used to breed these birds. READ MORE Some of the Seized Items …