Galician drug runners, who sparked a diplomatic incident when they were chased into Gibraltar Port by a Spanish Guardia Civil launch

Courts in Gibraltar have found the two alleged Galician drug runners, who sparked a diplomatic incident when they were chased into Gibraltar Port by a Spanish Guardia Civil launch, guilty of entering Gibraltar illegally and illegally importing a launch with two 2,500 cc outboard...

Body of a tramp, with an axe buried in his head, has been found in a Fuengirola car park.

The victim was well known in the area, and reported to be a user of the Las Lagunas health centre, and was found by the National Police on Friday morning after the health service received a phone call just after 5am, saying that a doctor was needed in the street, Calle Antonio Rubio...

Four people have been arrested in Alicante in connection with the illegal recording of new feature films in local cinemas

Four people have been arrested in Alicante in connection with the illegal recording of new feature films in local cinemas. Police say the recordings were made at off-peak times and have described the operation as the largest of its type in Europe against the making of pirate recording in cinemas.The case broke when one of the group was caught recording a film with high definition equipment in an Alicante cinema, and police say the group then uploaded...

100 kilo lioness escaped from the vehicle which was transferring her to Italy.

A-92 motorway was closed to traffic near Loja, Granada province, on Saturday morning, after a 100 kilo lioness escaped from the vehicle which was transferring her to Italy. The alarm was raised by passing motorists shortly after 9am on Saturday, and the Sevilla-bound carriageway...

clients affected by the collapse of the Trampolin Hills golf resort in Campos del Río gathered at the site on Saturday in a protest

100 or so of the hundreds of clients affected by the collapse of the Trampolin Hills golf resort in Campos del Río gathered at the site on Saturday in a protest to demand their money back and for those responsible to be sent to prison. The first of the more than 2,500 units planned at the resort were sold four years ago, but none were ever completed.It’s affected clients in Spain, the UK and Ireland, amongst other countries, and it’s understood from...

Frankie Weber in prison on the Costa del Sol last night accused of three attempted murders.

Frankie Weber was in prison on the Costa del Sol last night accused of three attempted murders.Frankie Weber, 25, from London, is alleged to have fled to Gibraltar after stabbing three Spaniards in a street fight in Marbella.He was returned to Spain where he now faces trial. Spanish police said the wounded were only saved by swift action by medics.25 year old Martial Arts expert is wanted in connection with the stabbing of three people in a street...

Gibraltarians treated them ‘almost like criminals ’Four Maritime Guardia Civil intercepted

Four Maritime Guardia Civil were intercepted and held for two hours by the British authorities on Gibraltar on Monday while they were in pursuit of a boat thought to be involved in drug trafficking.Reports indicate that the Spanish Minister for the Interior, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, then had a conversation with the Gibraltar First Minister, Peter Caruana, and this resulted in the four agents being allowed to return to Spain. El Mundo reports that...

Police are investigating how two men attempted to force Grace Preston, 15, into their car in broad daylight.

Police are investigating how two men attempted to force Grace Preston, 15, into their car in broad daylight.The English girl, from Woking, was walking home from school at 2.30pm when two men confronted her outside her local supermarket.The ‘Spanish-looking’ men in their late 20s, ran around in front of her as she walked along the pavement, but she managed to run into crowded shopping centre Las Jarales and hide in a bar. one of the men had chased...

Four attempted teenage kidnappings over the past month in Calahonda.

Fortunately, in each case the victims have managed to escape the clutches of their assailants in the nick of time.However, the mental damage will long linger in the minds of the young victims and their distraught families. Most frightening of all is the attempted abduction of 15-year-old...

man allowed himself to be stripped off by the dancers in the full view of a number of young girls who were watching the show close to the stage.

Alicante prosecution service is investigating an event organised by a motorbike club in Pilar de la Horadada earlier this month which included exotic dancers and a striptease held in front of children. El Mundo reports that it was subsidised by the local Town Hall, who provided the marquee for the event.It was held by the Moto Club 12+1 on 15th November and brought together more than 3,000 people, including one man who allowed himself to be stripped...

Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella child eating cake which had been made with vodka and marijuana

three year old girl was admitted to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella last Sunday night after eating cake which had been made with vodka and marijuana.There are contradictory versions about exactly what happened, but it is clear that the Local Police received an emergency call on Sunday from Nueva Andalucía. Once in the property they called an ambulance, and the child is now back home after undergoing detoxification treatment. Local police have...

Police in Málaga have shot dead a 54 year old

Police in Málaga have shot dead a 54 year old unemployed labourer, Antonio S.F., after he had fired at them with a hunting rifle, injuring one agent seriously, and another less so.The National Police were called to the scene in the Santa Rosalia district of Málaga city on Wednesday evening on reports of a possible case of domestic violence and found that the man had already injured two people. He had stabbed his daughter and her boyfriend.Neighbours...

72 year old man was found hanging by the neck at his home in the Almería village of Cóbdar

72 year old man was found hanging by the neck at his home in the Almería village of Cóbdar on Thursday morning, who it appears committed suicide after killing his wife and brother. It’s understood from EFE that the 80 year old brother had a disability and lived with the couple at their home.There’s little information on what happened, but it’s believed that Antonio N.C. first killed his wife, Herminia, aged 67, and then his brother, before committing...

Santiago Mainar, the forestry worker accused and found guilty of killing Miguel Grima, the Mayor of the town of Fago

Santiago Mainar, the forestry worker accused and found guilty of killing Miguel Grima, the Mayor of the town of Fago, has been sentenced to twenty years and nine months in prison. The prosecutor had asked for just three months more for the killing and the illegal possession of firearms.The accused was told the verdict in hospital in Zaragoza where he was admitted last Tuesday after a suspected overdose of pills, although his family who have visited...

Torrevieja shotgun fired in the street

young man brought panic to Torrevieja on Friday by firing a shotgun in the street. It happened at 1020am in the centre of the town in Calle San Pascual and Calle Villa de Madrid.The local man fired several shots into the air causing no injuries but sending pedestrians in the area running for cover.More than twenty police and civil guards, some of them with pistols in hand took part in the operation to capture the man who is said to suffer mental...

76 kilos of hashish hidden in the airbag of their car.

Police in Madrid have arrested two people who were found to have 76 kilos of hashish hidden in the airbag of their car.There were ‘acorns’ of hashish were also hidden in the side back panels of the car.Police had been following the car since Granada, and were aware that the traffickers were using a second advanced vehicle to advise the presence of any controls.Police followed the cars before intercepting when they headed to a district in the north...

eight Spaniards, six men and two women, all aged between 20 and 45, have been arrested in Santa Pola, Alicante for growing and then selling marihuana

eight Spaniards, six men and two women, all aged between 20 and 45, have been arrested in Santa Pola, Alicante for growing and then selling marihuana. Five kilos of the drug was recovered by the Guardia Civil in the operation and they note that one of those detained kept the drug in shoe boxes, classified by its quality. Three homes in Elche were also searched as part of the operation and precision scales and a sum of cash seiz...

British man and woman, both in their 50’s have been arrested at the El Altet airport

British man and woman, both in their 50’s have been arrested at the El Altet airport in Alicante after they were found to be carrying 1,540 grams of cocaine.The two are named only with initials in reports, but the man is known to be 53 year old A.M., and the woman 57 year old A.G.The arrest, on charges of a crime against public health, took place at about 1pm last Friday December 4th in the arrivals terminal of the airport. The drugs were found hidden...

Alleged Mafia Busts Across Southern Italy possible Costa connection

In three separate and unrelated sweeps across Italy police have arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters and seized $360 million in assets allegedly implicating the Parisi clan from the Sacra Corona Unita or Puglian Mafia, the Cosa Nostra or Sicilian Mafia, and the Somma-La Marca clan from the Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia as reported by Adnkronos. The largest bust involved the arrest of 74 alleged members and associates of the Parisi clan, including...

Spanish lawyer has disappeared along with an estimated €5 million of client’s money

British expats are amongst 26 investors who fear the worst after a Spanish lawyer has disappeared along with an estimated €5 million of client’s money. The lawyer in question Jose Luis Maseda was handling transactions for the purchase of new holiday homes in the Costa del Sol.Maseda, who speaks fluent English, is believed to have handled the money, whilst advising his clients to invest in a number of suspect apartment developers across the south...

Simone Castello was arrested in Archena, some 24 kms from Murcia City

9 people were arrested in Palmermo for links to the Sicilian mafia's former boss of bosses.A suspect has been arrested in Murcia in connection with an operation by police in Italy against the Sicilian mafia which saw nine people taken into custody in the island’s capital, Palermo. An eleventh arrest warrant was issued for another suspect who is already serving time in prison.All 11 are believed to have provided help to the Sicilian mafia’s former...