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Spain had warnings of mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, but not their scale, documents reveal

News Desk11th September 202614th September 2026

11th September 202614th September 2026887

Spain’s intelligence and security services had detected mounting migration pressure and received warnings of possible coordinated mass crossings into Ceuta before more than 70,000 people...

Over three tonnes of cocaine seized from armed drug boat off Gran Canaria

News Desk4th September 20269th September 2026

4th September 20269th September 2026666

Spanish police have seized more than three tonnes of cocaine from a high-powered drug-running boat intercepted off the coast of Gran Canaria, arresting five men...

Spain refers shooting of 60-year-old orca matriarch Toñi to prosecutors

News Desk3rd September 20269th September 2026

3rd September 20269th September 20261057

Spanish authorities have referred the shooting of Toñi, the oldest known orca in the Strait of Gibraltar and Gulf of Cadiz, to environmental prosecutors as...

Irish woman may have died trying to save husband after jacuzzi suction tragedy at Valencia holiday villa

News Desk30th August 20262nd September 2026

30th August 20262nd September 20262866

Spanish investigators believe a couple found dead at their holiday accommodation in Cullera, Valencia, may have been victims of a freak jacuzzi accident in which...

Irish couple found dead beside jacuzzi at rented holiday home in Cullera as Guardia Civil investigates

News Desk26th August 20261st September 2026

26th August 20261st September 20261161

Spanish police are investigating the unexplained deaths of an Irish couple whose bodies were discovered by their two teenage children at a rented holiday home...

Ten arrested after drug traffickers open fire on Guardia Civil patrol boat off Huelva coast

News Desk23rd August 202626th August 2026

23rd August 202626th August 2026928

Ten suspected members of a drug trafficking organisation have been arrested following an armed attack on a Guardia Civil patrol boat during a high-speed pursuit...

Three family members including child killed in Isla Cristina shooting

News Desk17th August 202624th August 2026

17th August 202624th August 20261231

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...

Morocco stops new mass attempt to reach Ceuta as almost 300 migrants detained

News Desk16th August 202618th August 2026

16th August 202618th August 20261173

Moroccan security forces say they have intercepted almost 300 people attempting to reach the border with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, amid a major security...

Gran Canaria gang accused of recruiting vulnerable migrant girls for sexual exploitation

News Desk12th August 202617th August 2026

12th August 202617th August 2026734

Spain’s Guardia Civil police hace arrested five people suspected of belonging to a criminal network based in Gran Canaria that allegedly targeted unaccompanied foreign minors...

International crackdown breaks up vast Spain-Algeria migrant trafficking operation

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

7th August 202612th August 20261059

A major international police operation led by Spain has dismantled what investigators describe as one of the largest organised criminal networks operating migrant smuggling routes...

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