Crime
Spiritual travellers duped after paying €1,000 for a hallucinogen paradise closed
The Guardia Civil has dismantled the lucrative ayahuasca hideaway in the town of Pedreguer (Alicante), which promised “spiritual vacations” for...
Two women arrested with 26 ecstasy pills after an altercation at Benidorm hotel
The National Police arrested two ladies, aged 44 and 48, after discovering 26 ecstasy pills. One of them was also arrested for attacking law enforcement...
Man smashes the private car of a police officer in revenge attack
A 27-year-old man was detained for vandalising a Local Police officer’s private car at the Banyeres de Mariola police station in Alicante in retaliation...
More than 3,000 counterfeit items seized in nine stores in Benidorm
The Benidorm Local Police (Alicante) confiscated almost 3,000 counterfeit items in nine locations in the Rincón de Loix region as part of the so-called...
15 years for murdering his tenant and living with her corpse
The Alicante Court convicted the man prosecuted by a jury for murdering his tenant and living with her body in the flat they shared in the heart of the...
Murdered Brit had taken in the woman arrested for the crime just four days earlier
According to sources close to the case, the woman strangled in Benidorm welcomed the woman detained for the crime into her house just four days earlier. The...
8 years sought for man who clubbed a woman for caring for stray cats
The man faces eight years in prison for assaulting the Aigües City Council’s Animal Protection Councillor with a club and hitting her over her care for...
Two arrested on charges of stealing from a business and a cafe in downtown Elche
The National Police detained two individuals accused of perpetrating two separate robberies at an Elche-based company’s warehouse and a cafe in downtown...
Ukrainian fraudster arrested in Alicante
A Ukrainian man was arrested by the Guardia Civil in the province of Alicante. Moldovan officials filed an international arrest warrant for him, seeking his...
New driver arrested for drink driving four days after getting his licence
A young man was stopped by Valencia Local Police and charged with a traffic safety offence for drunk driving just four days after passing his driver’s...
