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Five arrested after Spanish customs seize 2.1 tonnes of cocaine from yacht in Atlantic

News Desk22nd September 202628th September 2026

22nd September 202628th September 2026949

Spanish customs officers have dismantled a criminal network suspected of supplying sailing boats for major maritime drug shipments after intercepting a yacht carrying around 2.1...

Spain-led operation targets underground ‘Dubai Bank’ money-laundering network

News Desk9th September 202614th September 2026

9th September 202614th September 20261216

Twenty-one suspects have been arrested and assets worth around €20 million identified in an international investigation into an underground banking system allegedly used to finance...

Thieves target priceless Bronze Age treasure in four-minute Spanish museum raid

News Desk30th August 20263rd September 2026

30th August 20263rd September 20263253

UPDATED on Sunday 30 August. Thieves who targeted one of Europe’s most important Bronze Age gold collections in a meticulously planned early-morning raid in eastern...

Three family members including child killed in Isla Cristina shooting

News Desk17th August 202624th August 2026

17th August 202624th August 20261397

Three members of the same family, including a child, have been killed after two masked gunmen opened fire in the Huelva (Andalusia) coastal town of...

Scottish fugitive on UK’s most wanted list captured in Madrid following lengthy manhunt

News Desk5th August 202610th August 2026

5th August 202610th August 20261118

A Scottish man listed among the United Kingdom’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Madrid after Spanish police tracked him down following a lengthy...

95 arrests, as Spanish police seize 16 tonnes of counterfeit World Cup merchandise worth millions

News Desk17th June 202622nd June 2026

17th June 202622nd June 20261902

Spanish National Police have seized more than 16 tonnes of counterfeit football kits destined for sale during the FIFA World Cup as part of a...

Father arrested after fatal stabbing of toddler’s speech therapist in Valencia

News Desk17th June 202622nd June 2026

17th June 202622nd June 20261350

A 24-year-old father has been arrested in Spain after allegedly killing his two-year-old son’s speech therapist at a clinic in Valencia, believing the health professional...

Man shot dead near Barcelona police station in second fatal shooting within a week

News Desk11th June 202615th June 2026

11th June 202615th June 20262541

A man was shot dead in broad daylight near a police office in central Barcelona on Wednesday morning, prompting a major manhunt as the city...

Police bust Alicante counterfeit document workshop linked to migrant smuggling networks

News Desk10th June 202615th June 2026

10th June 202615th June 20261105

Spanish police have dismantled a sophisticated counterfeit document workshop in Alicante that investigators say was supplying forged identity papers to criminal networks across Europe, seizing...

Guardia Civil arrest FBI-wanted suspect in Tenerife over $650 million global pyramid scheme

News Desk4th June 202610th June 2026

4th June 202610th June 20261766

Spain’s Guardia Civil police have arrested in Tenerife (Canary Islands) a fugitive wanted by US authorities over his alleged role in OmegaPro, a global investment...

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