Police
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...
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...
Network that smuggled impure fuel into petrol stations broken up
The Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service have busted a criminal organisation that was smuggling contaminated fuel into...
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...
Virtual reality headsets help prevent accidents in Cartagena
Preventing alcohol and drug use. This is the purpose of the three simulation glasses that the Cartagena City Council purchased for 246 euros as part of the...
Judge imprisons 41 of the 70 arrested in the operation against the Port of Valencia cartel
The presiding judge of Valencia’s 15th Court of First Instance ordered the provisional custody of 41 of the 70 suspects arrestedon Friday night,...
