First Twitter ‘fake news’ conviction in Spain sees €1,620 fine & prison sentence
A Barcelona court on Tuesday sentenced a Guardia Civil policeman to a 15 month suspended sentence in jail and a €1,620 fine for posting a video on Twitter...
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Spain’s Guardia Civil seize largest amount of marijuana on record
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have seized 32 tonnes of packaged marijuana with a street value of at least 64 million euros, which they claim is...
Police officer and farmer shot dead in rural town in Castilla-La Mancha
A man reportedly suffering from psychological problems shot and killed a farmer and a policeman in a small rural town in the region of Castilla-La...
32 arrests in series of actions against Italian mafia in Spain
32 suspects linked to the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia have been arrested in Spain for their alleged involvement in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. The ‘Ndrangheta...
‘One of Europe’s biggest money launderers’ arrested in Andalusia
Spain’s Guardia Civil working with Europol have arrested ‘one of Europe’s biggest money launderers’ after a raid in Malaga, Andalusia, saying that the British-Irish suspect...
Picasso sketch worth €450,000 seized by customs officials at Ibiza airport
Spanish customs officials seized a Pablo Picasso sketch worth over €450,000 from a passenger who arrived at Ibiza airport without declaring the artwork, the country’s...
Spanish police dismantle huge marijuana plantation near Barcelona
The Spanish National Police and the Guardia Civil said in a joint statement on Thursday that they had seized a record six tonnes of marijuana...
Spanish police uncover ‘Europe’s largest’ cannabis plantation in Navarra
Spanish police have uncovered a huge cannabis plantation in the region of Navarra and arrested three suspected growers, Spain’s Guardia Civil said on Wednesday, working...
Spanish police seize over 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered species
Spanish police have seized over 1,000 stuffed animals, including hundreds of endangered or extinct species, in one of the largest hauls of its kind. The...
FBI working with Guardia Civil seize another yacht in Mallorca owned by oligarch
Click here for all our reports related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US government has reportedly seized a superyacht in Spain owned by...
