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This was the journey to the Costa del Sol of a juvenile Belgian ‘hitman’
Juvenile criminals are typically placed in reform institutions, where a team of psychologists and educators investigates their behaviour and home environment...
Nine arrested after breaking up a drug trafficking network with marijuana crops
The National Police have arrested nine members of a criminal cell, one of them is a juvenile, for allegedly engaging in large-scale marijuana cultivation....
Stabbed in Elche in a brawl between two groups
A young man was stabbed on Monday night, September 29th, in Elche’s Carrús neighbourhood. The incident occurred at 10 p.m. in the northern section of the...
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...
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...
More than 5,600 vaccines administered in Torrevieja during the first immunisation week
The Torrevieja Health Department successfully implemented the “Torrevieja Immunisation Week” campaign to improve vaccination coverage for Herpes...
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...
Dia de Reyes Magos on the Costa Blanca
While much of the world puts away its holiday decorations after December 25th, the Christmas season in Spain, particularly on the Costa Blanca, culminates in a...
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...
