Crime
Money laundering network dismantled in Alicante
The province of Alicante has been the site of a significant operation against money laundering networks centred on marijuana trafficking groups, which is under...
He wanted to hire a hitman… but the man he paid preferred to party with the money in Benidorm
What was supposed to be a sinister criminal conspiracy devolved into a farfetched tourist fraud. A Welsh court heard information this week of an alleged murder...
Man arrested for stealing jewellery from elderly women using the snatch method
Within the scope of Operation Passatben, the Guardia Civil has solved two robberies with violence and intimidation, as well as one theft by snatching,...
Man arrested in La Marina after several fires destroyed cars and vegetation
A spate of fires affecting both vehicles and trees interrupted the tranquillity of Elche’s La Marina region on Monday night. The rapid response of local...
Man heading to Ibiza caught with seven kilos of cocaine hidden in his car
Guardia Civil officials arrested a man in the port of Dénia (Alicante) after discovering more than seven kilogrammes of cocaine stashed in a vehicle’s...
Five arrested in Denia for two fights that left some seriously injured and hospitalised
Denia Local Police have been conducted street checks on vehicles and documents across the city, as well as an operation to combat the unlawful selling of...
Two arrested for restraining, tying up, and stabbing another in the abdomen and neck
The National Police have arrested two males, aged 28 and 30, in Elche on suspicion of confining, tying up, and stabbing another man aged 29, with a knife. The...
Man arrested tampered with the license plate with electrical tape
He was meant to try to avoid detection because he was wanted by a court, but he was arrested in El Campello following a failed license plate manipulation. El...
Couple arrested in Torrevieja for 30 counts of fraud
As part of Operation Jupiter-44, the Guardia Civil detained a 44-year-old male and a 31-year-old woman in Torrevieja. They are suspected of committing 30 fraud...
Man accused of killing and hiding his tenant’s body for a month admits to the crime
A man accused of murdering a woman on August 29th, 2023 and hiding her body for nearly a month in his Alicante home testified to the crime yesterday, Monday...
