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Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Spain organized crime is increasing

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Organized crime is increasing on Spain's touristic southern coast, the Costa del Sol, where more than 700 international criminal rings operate, the far-left party Izquierda Unida (IU) said in a report released Friday. The number of criminal organizations present in Malaga province grew by almost 10 per cent in 2007. More than 50 abductions and settlements of accounts occurred in 2006 on the Costa del Sol, where police dismantled over 130 criminal...


Sunday, 28 September 2008

Drugs of all types were confiscated by the police in Almoradi

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Drugs of all types were confiscated by the police in Almoradi recently . Three youths and a man were arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs .The police discovered amphetamines , ecstacy , cocaine , crystal meths , hashish and cash . There was also the cutting agent made of a chemical compound used in such dealings .The males were all Spanish and were seen by police in a car on an industrial estate well known for drug dealing...


Saturday, 27 September 2008

military planes breaking the sound barrier have been revealed to be the cause of two loud explosions

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Two military planes breaking the sound barrier have been revealed to be the cause of two loud explosions heard at 0940am this morning in Málaga and along parts of the Costa del Sol, especially in Torremolinos and Fuengirola.There was a fair amount of panic in the city as people feared that some sort of terrorist attack may have taken place.The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that two military planes on exercises were responsib...


Friday, 26 September 2008

Marvin Herbert, head of security for a beachfront bar in the millionaires’ marina playground of Puerto Banus was shot on the terrace of Solly’s Diner

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Marvin Herbert, head of security for a beachfront bar in the millionaires’ marina playground of Puerto Banus.In his mid-30s, he is said to have spent several hours drinking coffee alone on the terrace of Solly’s Diner in Puerto Banus on Wednesday.He was joined by a second man, also thought to be British, at around 7.30pm. The pair were talking before the attacker pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Herbert five times as he walked towards his blue...


Mystery Blasts in Malaga

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Two loud blasts have jolted the southern Spanish holiday resort of Malaga this morning - but baffled police said there was no sign of any explosion."They were heard practically all over Malaga. People are saying that it came from different places, but we haven't been able to find anything," a spokeswoman for the local police said.Spanish radio reported that a jet breaking the sound barrier might have caused the blasts, which rattled the city just...


Fernando del Valle, who the prosecution considers to be the ‘brain’ behind the scheme which allegedly laundered money originating from drug traffickin

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accused is lawyer Fernando del Valle, who the prosecution considers to be the ‘brain’ behind the scheme which allegedly laundered money originating from drug trafficking, prostitution and tax fraud. Also suspected of involvement are two notaries, two female employees of Del Valle’s...


Driveby shooting in Fuengirola

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Residents on Calle Teba in the Los Pacos area of Fuengirola were witnesses to a drive-by shooting on Sunday night, which police suspect was a settling of scores between rival gangs. Officers say that the passengers of a passing vehicle shot at properties on the street before driving away down Calle Yunquera. Another car then set off in pursuit of the first. No injuries were reported but several properties were hit by bullets. Police hope to make...


Police are reported to be investigating possible links between the shooting of a British man in Calle Ramón Areces in Puerto Banús on Wednesday night,

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Police are reported to be investigating possible links between the shooting of a British man in Calle Ramón Areces in Puerto Banús on Wednesday night, with an earlier shooting incident at the Nikki Beach discotec.They think the British victim of the latest shooting, named with the...


Michael ‘Dermot’ McArdle goes on trial in Spain next week to face charges in relation to the death of his wife Kelly-Anne Corcoran in Costa Del Sol

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Michael ‘Dermot’ McArdle goes on trial in Spain next week to face charges in relation to the death of his wife Kelly-Anne Corcoran in Costa Del Sol over eight years ago.Kelly-Anne (28) plunged to her death from the fourth floor balcony of a hotel in Marbella while the couple were on holiday with their two children in February 2000. McArdle, (39), from Haggardstown, who denies any involvement in his wife’s death, faces 14 years in prison if convicted...


Thursday, 25 September 2008

National police are questioning a Dublin man over a €7m drug seizure

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National police are questioning a Dublin man over a €7m drug seizure in the country.The 62-year-old Irish man was arrested as he and three Spaniards berthed a boat which is alleged to have been full of cannabis. Police pounced on the vessel as it landed in Cadiz in the south of Spain. It is believed that the boat was carrying a tonne of dope. Detectives questioning the Dubliner have refused to reveal his identity except to say that his initials are...


Saray Tinoco disappeared going to dye her hair, she never returned for supper.

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15 year old has gone missing in Andalucía with the announcement that 15 year old Saray Tinoco who vanished from Lepe, Huelva last Wednesday, a week ago.Saray Tinoco left home last Wednesday with her I.D. but with no money. Saray left home at 5pm with her ID card, but without any money, and the family says they had no idea that she may have wanted to run away. They say Saray said she was going to dye her hair, but she never returned for supper.The...


Pirate British satellite television group distributing signals to British clients resident in the provinces of Alicante, Murcia and Almería

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The group had some 60,000 clients, most of them British, between Benidorm in Alicante and Vera in Almería. The Judicial Police from the Torrevieja Guardia Civil has broken up an international gang which had been pirating British satellite television signals and then distributing them to British clients resident in the provinces of Alicante, Murcia and Almería in an area between Benidorm and Vera.The group, based in an industrial estate at Algorfa,...


Liverpool man shot in Puerto Banus as gangwar flares

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A man in his 30’s, first reported to be Eastern European by some sources, but now considered to be British by most media, has been injured in a shooting incident in a cafeteria in Puerto Banús, Marbella. At least five shots were fired in the port at 7,30pm last night, according to...


Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Policewoman have been arrested by Murcia’s National Police drugs squad .

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Four people , one of them a policewoman , have been arrested by Murcia’s National Police drugs squad .They have been caught for distributing and selling designer drugs . The supposed head of the gang and his policewoman wife are residents of Los Montesinos and they are thought to be responsible for acquiring and cutting the drugs before selling them on .The four people had been under investigation for sometime by the drug squad and when they were...


David Oakley fled to Spain as police closed in on him.

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David Oakley was today found guilty of a series of frauds and deceptions in which he cheated customers of his holiday and travel companies.A jury took just 20 minutes to decide that Oakley was guilty of 12 offences which included fraudulent trading and using forged cheques - and...


Monday, 22 September 2008

5-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition at Málaga's Maternity Hospital after a savage attack by his family's pet Rottweiler

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5-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition at Málaga's Maternity Hospital after a savage attack by his family's pet Rottweiler in the garden of the family home on the La Alqueria residential estate in Alhaurín de la Torre. The toddler suffered serious injuries to his face, legs and back when he was attacked by the family pet, which may have been accompanied by a second dog, at around 9.45pm last Saturday evening. His life was saved by the...


63-year-old English mans charred corpse was found on the outskirts of Chrivel (Almería)

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63-year-old English man whose charred corpse was found on the outskirts of Chrivel (Almería) last Saturday evening, may have set fire to himself intentionally as an empty 8-litre can of petrol was found near his body. A loud explosion shortly before 6pm alerted locals, who called in the emergency services. The totally-incinerated body was found after the resulting flames had been extinguished. No significant damage was caused to the surrounding scrub...


Alicante rabbit chop their victims on the back of the neck as they were taking money from cash machines

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A gang who amassed 150,000 euros through violent crime have been arrested in Torrevieja .These criminals attacked their victims across a wide range , from Valencia to Murcia , with more than 20 violent thefts .Four of the men are from south America and one is a Spaniard .Their modus operandi was to rabbit chop their victims on the back of the neck as they were taking money from cash machines .One of their victims was relieved of 21,000 euros as he...


Saturday, 20 September 2008

Spanish jury found 24-year-old Victor Navas guilty of homicide.

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Builder Gary Dunne, 22, was attacked and stabbed to death in the street in the popular resort of Benalmadena on March 2, 2006, for no apparent reason.Yesterday, a Spanish jury found 24-year-old Victor Navas guilty of homicide.But they accepted the killer’s drug problem as an extenuating...


Corruption case on Mallorca with two people arrested for issuing fake facturas

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Corruption case on Mallorca with two people arrested for issuing fake facturas in favour of the Unió Mallorquina party spokesman. One of those arrested is the manager of a real estate company with interests in Spain, Moldavia, Luxembourg, Hungary and Fran...


Mario Santafede member of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia detained in the car park of a luxury apartment in the northeastern city of Barcelona

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mafia suspect on the list of 100 most wanted fugitives in Italy has been arrested in Barcelona, Italian police said today.Mario Santafede, 55, a member of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, was picked up in a joint raid carried out by Italian and Spanish police on a flat in a residential area of the city.Santafede, who is the object of an international arrest warrant, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in his absence for criminal association in...


Friday, 19 September 2008

17 tons of hashish to Denmark drugs were smuggled from the Netherlands and Spain

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Danish police say they have broken up a drug ring suspected of having smuggled at least 17 tons of hashish to Denmark.Police spokesman Steffen Steffensen says nine people have been arrested across the country since May in the operation. About 484 pounds (220 kilograms) of hashish has been seized during the raids.Steffensen said Wednesday those arrested include a 46-year-old German woman of Colombian heritage who was arrested on her way out of Denmark...


Thursday, 18 September 2008

Brian Deans,Dean Hinton arrested case was linked to an operation in July in which five tonnes of hashish worth £15m were seized in Alicante city.

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Brian Deans, 45, was arrested along with Dean Hinton, 41, from Northampton, at the small resort of Oliva, on south-east Spain's Costa Blanca. The drugs discovered by detectives were worth just over £1m on the streets. Police said the case was linked to an operation in July in which five tonnes of hashish worth £15m were seized in Alicante ci...


Spaniards spend 50 million € a day on prostitutes according to latest estimates with Andalucia the region of the country with most prostitutes

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Spaniards spend 50 million € a day on prostitutes according to latest estimates with Andaucía the region of the country with most prostitutes in Spain, followed by Valencia and Madrid.The southern region has no fewer than 18,200 involved in the oldest profession of the world according...


local construction industry will be at a complete standstill in two months time, as work is completed on those sites where it is already underway.

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Málaga Chamber of Commerce has said that the local construction industry will be at a complete standstill in two months time, as work is completed on those sites where it is already underway. The declaration comes as there are still some 85,000 people whose work in the province is linked to construction. A call has been made for more public works as a way of keeping some of the jobs ali...


Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Roch Claude Tabarot and Francisco Fernández.directors of the real estate company Riviera Coast Invest bailed

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National Court Judge, Fernando Grande Marlaska, has granted bail of 60,000 and 40,000 € for two of the directors of the real estate company Riviera Coast Invest, Roch Claude Tabarot and Francisco Fernández.Judicial sources say the judge has released the other four directors of the...


20 people have been arrested in a timeshare fraud on the Costa del Sol.

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20 people have been arrested in a timeshare fraud on the Costa del Sol.The National Police are investigating the case which could have affected hundreds of people, most of them foreigners.The arrests are now known to have been made last week and new detentions have not been ruled out and several promoters are reported to be under investigation.La Opinion de Málaga reports that the fraud could consist of offering the purchaser a set time in the property...


Victor Posse Navas,killer of a Liverpool man stabbed to death in Spain is likely to be jailed for nine years.

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killer of a Liverpool man stabbed to death in Spain is likely to be jailed for nine years.Builder Gary Dunne, from West Derby, was attacked with a machete in the Costa Del Sol by Victor Posse Navas, in March, 2006.At Malaga High Court yesterday, the parents of the 22-year-old were advised to accept an offer of nine years behind bars.Gary’s parents, Lesley and Stephen Dunne, are furious and want Navas jailed for longer.Gary’s family are also fighting...


Sunday, 14 September 2008

Edgar Vallejo-Guarin aka Jairo Gomez

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American and European media are reporting that Vallejo-Guarin [World-Check UID 32513]was carrying identity documents, under the assumed name of Jairo Gomez, with Venezuelan citizenship, and that he had used that false identity to obtain a residency permit in Spain. Spanish police stated that he had been living in the Barcelona suburb of Sant Cugat del Valles, and that he had been arrested with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration...


Space nightclub in Playa d'en Bossa The doorman asked the woman if she was carrying any drugs and to his surprise she pulled a bag of pills out

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Bouncers have pounced as an Irish woman tried to sneak 100 ecstasy tablets into an Ibiza nightclub in her bra.The 23-year-old tourist was on her way into the Space nightclub in Playa d'en Bossa, outside Ibiza town with seven of her friends when the drugs were discovered.The doorman asked the woman if she was carrying any drugs and to his surprise she pulled a bag of pills out of her bra. The bouncer then confiscated the tablets and called the Civil...


Marbella Colombian network of cocaine dealers arrested

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Three drug-running chiefs from a Colombian network of cocaine dealers have been arrested in Marbella. The three are thought to have controlled another 13 Colombian dealers in the drug, who were arrested in Murcia and Almería.A statement from the Guardia Civil said the group also prepared the drug ready for sale.The arrests were all made this week as part of an operation codenamed ‘Acuala’, with police also seizing computers, mobile phones, cash,...


Thursday, 11 September 2008

Nicholas Gardner has not yet revealed all the contents of his bank accounts, including ones in Jersey and Spain, and could not account for £250,000.

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Nicholas Gardner, 53, persuaded his friends to loan him large amounts of cash to finance "fantasy" business projects destined to fail.Instead he spent the money maintaining his lifestyle, paying for the private education of his three children, rent on his house and keeping his wife, who is now divorcing him.Gardener, currently serving a 33-month jail term, was taken from HMP Woodhill to Northampton Crown Court yesterday for a confiscation hearing...


Movers International Europe duped into drug running

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Simon Ashworth, operations manager at Movers International Europe, a household removals firm, said his staff in Spain were stunned when they discovered the drugs hidden in pieces of furniture the firm was due to transport to a depot at at Longridge Road, Red Scar.The staff immediately...


sixty Nigerian human traffickers are facing prosecution

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sixty Nigerian human traffickers are facing prosecution in nine countries in Europe. The traffickers were arrested in Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands and Britain, following a major crackdown on traffickers in an operation tagged ‘Koovis’ which was coordinated by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP).Making this revelation, Mr. Warner Ten Cate, the National Prosecutor...


cocktail of liquid ecstasy and alcohol puts policeman in hospital

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local policeman who was attended to in the Nogalera area of Torremolinos on Sunday after taking a cocktail of liquid ecstasy and alcohol, remains in the intensive care unit of Carlos Haya Hospital in Málaga in an induced coma.Sources close to the man, who is in his 30’s, are quoted by El País saying that he almost lost his life.Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, has criticised the policeman’s behaviour‘It’s not good that there are drug users...


Neapolitan Mafia chief arrested in Barcelona

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Raffaele Laurenti is an alleged member of the Neapolitan Mafia. An alleged member of the Neapolitan Mafia have been arrested in Barcelona. 31 year old Raffaele Laurenti was found in a flat in Calle Calabria. The arrest follows a similar detention of another alleged member of the Camorra in Barcelona last month.The arrest on Tuesday was carried out in a joint operation between the Spanish Guardia Civil and Italian Carabineros.The suspect was unarmed...


Covered in petrol and set alight by robbers on the San Luis industrial estate in Málaga

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48 year old man is in a serious condition in hospital with second degree burns to his neck, face and arms, after he was covered in petrol and set alight by robbers. It happened on Tuesday night in the San Luis industrial estate in Málaga and came after the thieves had taken his wallet which contained 1,500 €.National Police were alerted to the case by the Carlos Haya Hospital in Málaga where police are waiting to take a statement from the vict...


Burnt-out body of a British man found

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Guardia Civil has found the burnt-out body of a British man in an area known as La Rambla in Chirivel, Almeria.The body was found last Saturday evening when a local person saw smoke from the area. A petrol can was found at the scene and it is believed that the man committed suicide. His name has not been given by the authorities, but it is believed that he was identified from a tattoo on his back. An autopsy is to be carried o...


Sean Edwards,wants to say “thank you” to the anonymous holidaymaker who rescued him, his daughter and wife

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Sean Edwards, 39, wants to say “thank you” to the anonymous holidaymaker who rescued him, his daughter and wife after they were trapped in strong rip currents in the sea off Benalmadena.Mr Edwards, who didn’t have time to get his rescuer’s name, only knows the reluctant hero came from Scarborough. The family were enjoying a week’s holiday in the Costa del Sol town, near Malaga, when they decided to go down to the beach.Mr Edwards, his daughter Letitia,...


Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Un motorista ha fallecido hoy en Marbella (Málaga) al salirse de la vía con su vehículo cuando circulaba por la A-7

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Un motorista ha fallecido hoy en Marbella (Málaga) al salirse de la vía con su vehículo cuando circulaba por la A-7, según han informado a Efe fuentes del servicio de emergencias 112. (EFE)En la imagen, vuelco de un camión que transportaba cristales, en la autovía A-7 a su paso...


Mayor atención para prostitutas del Poligono Guadalhorce

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Benidorm attempted kidnap of 8 year old boy by sexual predator

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20 years old with a police history of sexual abuses has been stopped in Benidorm for the attempted kidnapping of an 8 years old boy in downtown Benidorm, informed police sourc...


Peter Thomas convicted 122 kilo grams of cannabis resin, which had been destined for Preston, was seized by the Spanish authorities in the Alicante

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In June 2006 a joint operation between Lancashire Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit and the Guardia Civil Police based in the Alicante area of Spain began. Codenamed Operation Hazel, it targeted the importation of cannabis from Spain into the UK. In July 2006 122 kilo grams of cannabis resin, which had been destined for Preston, was seized by the Spanish authorities in the Alicante area. After coming to Preston the cannabis was then...


Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Dismembered body parts found belong to at least two people, possibly a young man and woman.

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Dismembered body parts found near Ferrol yesterday evening belong to at least two people, possibly a young man and woman. They were found at around 8.10pm by a local man on a steep, rocky slope next to a country path in a densely-vegetated area adjacent to the main road linking Ferrol city centre to Cobas village around 3km away. It seems that the bodies had been cut up and divided among an empty oil drum, a suitcase and a plastic sheet. A machete...


leading restaurateurs arrested in Galicia accused of selling contaminated scallops illegally harvested

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Ten people, including a number of leading restaurateurs, have been arrested in Galicia accused of selling contaminated scallops illegally harvested from Ferrol's busy port estuary. It is believed that the shellfish are contaminated with a dangerous toxin that can cause memory loss. A source close to the investigation, which is being handled by a judge from Ferrol municipal court, refused to rule out further arrests, and was unable to confirm rumours...


Almeria Riots initially broke out early Sunday after a Romani Spaniard allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old Senegalese man to death

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Riots initially broke out early Sunday after a Romani Spaniard allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old Senegalese man to death in a low-income neighbourhood. Officials linked the killing to a dispute between drug traffickers, but residents said the victim was trying to mediate in a dispute. Immigrants then set two buildings on fire, including the one housing the suspected killer, who had fled. They erected barricades, burned several cars and garbage containers,...


Sunday, 7 September 2008

Sojourner London,yacht sailing under the British flag loaded with 800 kilos of cocaine

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yacht sailing under the British flag, Sojourner London, loaded with 800 kilos of cocaine was escorted into Cádiz port on Saturday amid high security after being intercepted by the special operations force of the Spanish National Police on the high sea close to the Azores. The cargo, from Venezuela, has an estimated value of 48 million €, and was packed into 28 bales. There were three Lithuanian crew on board, who have all been arrest...


12-year-old South Korean girl was found dead at her house in Las Palmas

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12-year-old South Korean girl was found dead at her house in Las Palmas, Spain, Aug. 30, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Friday. The ministry said a 50-year-old neighbor who is close to her father is suspected of murdering the teenager identified only as Oh. Spanish police arrested the man identified as Lee and are questioning him to find the motive behind the crime, it added. The ministry said it ordered one of its officials...


Saturday, 6 September 2008

Audrey Fitzpatrick and her partner Dave Mahon are hoping that the Taoiseach's intervention will help in the investigation

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Audrey Fitzpatrick and her partner Dave Mahon are hoping that the Taoiseach's intervention will help in the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the 16-year-old in Spain. Mr Cowen met with the Dublin couple for about an hour to hear the latest developments in the case....


Jeffrey Michael O'Shaughnessy is alleged strangler of a woman in a lift

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Jeffrey Michael O'Shaughnessy (32), from Limerick, is alleged to have indecently assaulted the woman in a lift, before trying to strangle her as she attempted to escape. The 45-year-old Spaniard was on her way to work in a law firm, when the alleged attack happened on Wednesday morning in Malaga on the Costa del Sol. She has told police that Mr O'Shaughnessy followed her into the lift as she headed to the lawyer's office where she works, grabbed...


Friday, 5 September 2008

George Menzies Campbell has a number of convictions for sexually abusing minors in the U.K. and has been on the run for several years

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George Menzies Campbell has a number of convictions for sexually abusing minors in the U.K. and has been on the run for several years. He is thought to have been living in Villajoyosa for some two years, and indications are that his trail was followed by reporters from a British newspaper.The Daily Mail says the man lived alone in Villajoyosa, but was popular with other ex pats and sometimes babysat for some of themHe is now being extradited back...


most wanted Vallejo-Guarin is suspected of having transported many tons of the drug to Florida and Europe,has a US$5 million reward posted

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Spanish police have arrested a suspected Colombian drug trafficker listed among the most wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the police force said in a statement Friday.Acting on a tip from the DEA, police tracked Edgar Vallejo-Guarin to a luxury hotel in Madrid,...


Málaga police have arrested a man who is accused of trying to strangle a woman in a lift

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Málaga police have arrested a man who is accused of trying to strangle a woman in a lift in a building in the central Calle Larios in the city. The victim was on her way to work in a lawyer’s office when the attack took place and told police that she had never seen the alleged attacker before. Her screams alerted people in another lawyer’s office at 10am yesterday morning, and they managed to catch the attacker who was handed over to the local p...


Murder-suicide pact British couple have been discovered in their holiday home

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Bodies of a British couple have been discovered in their holiday home in the French Basque country, in a case which authorities have described as a murder-suicide.Officials believed that 76-year-old Jon Ortuzar strangled his wife, Carlotta, 60, then drowned himself in the pool at the villa in Urrugne, near the Spanish border.According to eitb, a Basque news channel, the bodies were discovered by a cleaner on Tuesday morning. the husband was found...


Tattoo on the right hand of a naked body found in Orihuela Costa

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The tattoo was on the right hand of a naked body found in Orihuela Costa in August.The Guardia Civil has asked for help from the public in identifying a strange tattoo found on the body of a man, thought to be aged between 25 and 35 whose body was found on August 19 between the Cano...


Nikki Beach shooting in Marbella Two Iranians arrested

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Two Iranians have been arrested by the UDYCO Organised Crime Unit of the Marbella police, in connection with the shooting seen at Nikki Beach in Marbella last Saturday August 23.Judicial sources told La Opinión de Málaga that neither of the two men actually carried out the shooting. One of the two has now been released after making a statement to the police, while the other is still being held.It’s understood they took part in trouble between a group...


Tuesday, 2 September 2008

2.2 tons of hashish recovered gang brought the drugs into the Campo de Gibraltar area from the north of Morocco.

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Guardia Civil have made 22 arrests, a policeman on practice duty in Los Barrios among them, and recovered 2.2 tons of hashish in the breaking up of a gang which brought the drug into the Campo de Gibraltar area from the north of Morocco.A statement from the Civil Guard said that their investigations started in May and ended with the arrests made last Friday. The case was being handled by Instruction Court Four in Algeciras.The operation was codenamed...


Orihuela Police have detained two people for growing cannabis in their garden.

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Orihuela Police have detained two people for growing cannabis in their garden. The plants were thriving in plastic boxes on the patio of the house. A man of Arabic origin was also detained after a chase of two hours around the fields of Los Dolores, when found to be carrying 4.7...


Drug trafficking gang used Torrevieja port as a point of entry into Spain

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National Police have uncovered an international drug trafficking gang which used Torrevieja port as a point of entry into Spain. Eight people were arrested in the raid, which uncovered 2,500 kilos of hashish. Three of the detainees were traveling onboard a yacht and the rest were arrested on land. The gang was multinational, with members from Lithuania, Morocco, Italy and Spain. The investigation started before the summer when drug trafficking...


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