Crime
Alicante network that defrauded a million euros using the fake bank employee method has been busted
A criminal organisation located in the province of Alicante scammed 273 people of almost one million euros by pretending to be bank personnel in order to gain...
Santa Pola Local Police make 150 seizures during the patron saint festivities
The Santa Pola Local Police, through its security task force for the 2025 Patron Saint Festivities, has devised a specific operation to assure the safety,...
Drunk Jet2 passenger pleads guilty after forcing plane to turn around
What was intended to be a straightforward flight between Leeds and Alicante devolved into an aerial nightmare. A intoxicated British passenger triggered an...
Six Sevilla fans arrested after beating up several youths in Gandia
Six members of a violent radical organisation have been arrested in Seville for seriously assaulting three followers of a rival football team in Gandia,...
Man arrested after being caught stealing from Torrevieja pub
Guardia Civil officials arrested a 47-year-old man as part of the Safe Commerce Plan when he was found inside a tavern in Torrevieja (Alicante) while allegedly...
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...
