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Alicante pensioner loses all his savings in a “love scam” created using AI
Loneliness, the desire to fall in love again, and the rise of superior technology all intermingled in a story that culminated in economic disaster. José...
Police officer suffers a triple leg fracture during arrest
A Santa Pola Local Police officer was hurt with a triple leg fracture while attempting to arrest a man accused of gender-based assault. During the arrest, the...
British man wanted for stabbing a man 24 times in Portugal arrested in Alicante
A British fugitive wanted for reportedly stabbing someone 24 times with a kitchen knife in a flat in Portugal’s Algarve in April 2022 has been...
Homeless man arrested for theft and threats to kill
National Police officers arrested a 43-year-old homeless man in Alicante on suspicion of forcibly and intimidatingly stealing jewellery and possessions worth...
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...
Disoriented Brit found in just his underwear in El Campello
El Campello Local Police responded to a Brit they discovered walking along the Carrer la Mar promenade on Sunday night, September 21st. According to municipal...
