Torremolinos explosion on the paseo marítimo in the La Carihuela district

An explosive device went off on a beach in Torremolinos in the early hours of this morning without causing any injuries.The small device went off at 20 minutes past midnight on the paseo marítimo in the La Carihuela district in the top tourist destination in Málaga province, between the Aloha Puerto and Timorsol hotels. The police, as yet, have not confirmed who they think may have placed the device, but it is almost certainly to be the work of Basque terrorists ETA. They have already claimed responsibility for four small and similar devices which exploded on the Cantabrian coast in the north of the country a week ago.

La Nogalera stabbing sentence seven years in prison

Provincial Court in Málaga has sentenced a man to seven years in prison for stabbing another man in the chest and face after he refused to invite him for a drink.
It happened last April in the La Nogalera area of Torremolinos when the man, accompanied by a girlfriend, approached the victim who was reported to be drunk at the time, asking him to buy them a drink. The sentence notes the aggressor is a drug addict. He now has to compensate the victim with a total 67,500 €. His girlfriend was released without charges.

British man sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for killing a friend of his fathers in Torremolinos

Provincial Court in Málaga has sentenced a British man to 12 and a half years in prison for killing a friend of his fathers with whom he lived in Torremolinos. The court found it proved that 41 year old C.B.C. killed the victim by hitting him over the head and stabbing him a total of 13 times, twice from the back and then 11 times face on. He then tried to hide the body in a room in the house for several days. It happened at the start of May 2006 when the man, who went under a false name, lived in the house in Los Álamos, rented by a friend of his father’s, after having come to Spain from Thailand. He claimed in court that he had hidden the body but not carried out the killing. The body was not discovered until the 24th of the month.The murderer was also ordered to pay 150,000 € compensation to the victim’s family.The unanimous sentence from the jury in the case came after they heard that the man had already been sentenced to life in prison in Britain for a homicide and arms trafficking.

Hamburger bars and nightclubs gang that allegedly sold cocaine in Torremolinos and Málaga

Seven people have been arrested in the break-up of a gang that allegedly sold cocaine in hamburger bars and nightclubs in Torremolinos and Málaga. The initial arrests were made when Guardia Civil officers caught four of the gang members red-handed, doing a deal at a Churriana burger restaurant, according to officials. The three additional arrests followed.

€130,000 jewellery theft from an hotel in Torremolinos in November 2007, a €350,000 jewellery heist in Jérez de la Frontera, also in November 2007, an

The Guardia Civil have arrested six people, all Italian nationals, after an investigation into a series of jewellery thefts throughout Andalucía
‘Operación Duelo’ began in October last year after information was received from the Portuguese authorities relating to the possible involvement of an individual in a number of crimes in that country. An investigation led to the establishment of a connection between this individual and a gang of jewel thieves operating on the Costa del Sol.
The gang would carefully plan their robberies, gathering details about peoples movements and routines before actually making their move. However, if something went wrong, the gang were not averse to using extreme violence.
The arrests were made in Torremolinos, San Pedro de Alcántara, Málaga, Alhaurín de la Torre and Algorrobo. One of those detained is also sought by the French police under an international arrest warrant for various crimes carrying a penalty of 24 years in prison. The six men have been charged with robbery with violence and intimidation, robbery with force, crimes against the public health and conspiracy.
The gang are thought to have been responsible for at least 16 crimes, including a €130,000 jewellery theft from an hotel in Torremolinos in November 2007, a €350,000 jewellery heist in Jérez de la Frontera, also in November 2007, and a €300,000 robbery carried out at an hotel in Granada.

Domestic violence incidents Torremolinos & Rincón de la Victoria

Torremolinos man has been arrested after he drove his car into the front of the house where his wife and two children were sleeping. Police say 25 year old Juan José M.C. drove into the façade of the building several times in the early hours of Tuesday morning. They say he had come from an earlier shooting incident in the Campanillas area where he had been refused entry into a private party at a house in the town. Police say two men had used a gun to try and shoot the door down. Although two shots were fired there were no injuries.
It was one of the men who had been seen leaving the scene in a BMW car, the same car which then was driven into the building in Torremolinos.
Police needed support to arrest the man who had also been witnessed earlier abusing his wife. She has not placed a complaint about domestic violence however, because of fear, according to a police source quoted by La Opinion de Málaga.In another incident a 32 year old man who was injured on Friday in Rincón de la Victoria, shot by police as he was being arrested, died on Saturday in the Carlos Haya hospital in Málaga.in hospital as a result of her injuries.The police were trying to arrest him in connection with alleged domestic violence against his girlfriend who now remains
Mayor of Rincón de la Victoria, José Miguel Fernández, said the woman had gone to the local police station on Friday afternoon to denounce her partner who had sexually abused and injured her.
When police called to arrest the individual, named only as Antonio, when found to be driving a stolen car, he crashed the vehicle against a building in the Avenida Málaga and drew a pistol, leading the police to shoot him.