Burglars knock out their victims with sleeping gas

The Guardia Civil are investigating the burglaries of six homes in the Colinas de Procusan urbanisation at La Cala del Moral, near Rincón de la Victoria in Málaga.The same gang attacked all the homes, using sleeping gas to put out the occupants. Most people were sleeping with the windows open and the burglars threw gas canisters in through the windows to knock out their victims.When they woke, complete in most cases with a sore throat, and even vomiting,...

Glenn Close to be presented with this year's Premio Donostia

Glenn Close, the star of ‘Dangerous Liasons’ and TV series, ‘Damages’, is to be presented with the Premio Donostia, the special award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The award is in recognition of her film career, and she will be in San Sebastián to collect the...

Guardia Civil arrest two British fire raisers in Torrevieja

Guardia Civil has arrested two British men, named as 40 year old C.J.M., and 38 year old M.A.F. in connection with some 15 fires in commercial establishments in Torrevieja where the shop owners also allegedly suffered threats from the Brits.The Guardia Civil think the British men carried out the threats, cut power supplies, and set the fires in the shops or on their terraces in revenge following arguments with the business owners in episodes which...

Nine Britons have been arrested on Ibiza with 1,700 doses of ecstasy and other drugs.

The Guardia Civil believe the group supplied the ecstasy which is believed to have been responsible for the fatal heart attack suffered by Jodie Nieman, a 20 year old British tourist, on July 13. Mephedrone is a stimulant which has an increased heart rate among its side effects,...

Court orders demolition of illegally built property in Torrox

The EFE news agency has seen the order which states that the property has to be demolished ‘in a forced way’, given that the owner, Antonio Urdiales, who has been found guilty of a crime against planning laws, has not attended to the demand to voluntarily demolish the property.The owner has started legal proceedings in an attempt to be granted a pardon, and has also launched a petition. His spokesman, Modesto Jiménez, said that signatures have been...

Dolce & Gabbana cocaine in Galicia

Cocaine branded with the Dolce & Gabbana name has been seized in a Guardia Civil operation in Galicia which has resulted in ten arrests. Six of those arrested in the ‘Medusa’ operation are already being held in prison, while the rest have been granted bail with charges outstanding. The...