Crime
Three defendants acquitted of shipping marijuana from Alicante to the Netherlands
The Alicante Criminal Court No. 5 acquitted three suspects of drug trafficking, disputing proof of their involvement in the cultivation and subsequent...
Basketball coach who “kissed and groped” female players faces 61 years in prison
The assistant coach of a basketball club faces 61 years in prison after coaching a youth women’s team and “hugged, kissed, and groped” the...
Two Elche residents arrested for extortion and assaulting a businessman in Madrid
Two robbers from Elche, one Spanish and the other Dominican, were detained in Madrid in connection with the robbery of a businessman whom they beat, threatened...
Spain will expel a man who attacked his ex-partner and her boyfriend with a knife in Benidorm
A 46-year-old Colombian man was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her current partner in the street in...
Guardia Civil investigate the owner of a scrapyard for animal abuse
The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, in partnership with the Ulea Local Police, conducted an operation that resulted in the investigation of the owner of...
Scammer who pretended to help the elderly at ATMs arrested
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly scamming eight elderly victims, ages 70 to 82, of over 30,000 euros. He offered to assist them...
A guitar serves as a clue to arrest a storage thief in Orihuela
National Police officers arrested a 47-year-old man in Orihuela for allegedly committing a burglary after forcing his way into five storage rooms at a building...
Pedophile arrested in a Hondon for abusing a 15-year-old girl in the Netherlands
A 37-year-old suspected paedophile wanted by Dutch authorities for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl has been apprehended in the Alicante town of Hondón de...
Five people arrested in Elche for breaking into homes
Five men were arrested by National Police in Elche, Alicante, for breaking and entering residences on three consecutive occasions. Two of them occurred within...
Cybercrime accounts for 30% of criminal offenses in Alcoy
Cybercrime, or crimes performed over the internet or electronically, is becoming the most common type of criminal offence registered in Alcoy. In the first...
