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Police arrest gang accused of scamming foreign property buyers in Alicante

News Desk24th February 202624th February 2026

24th February 202624th February 2026296

Spain’s National Police have dismantled a criminal organisation in the province of Alicante (Valencia region) that allegedly defrauded foreign nationals seeking to buy property, leaving...

Spain’s deputy chief of police resigns after rape accusations against him made public

News Desk20th February 202623rd February 2026

20th February 202623rd February 2026832

Spain’s National Police force was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday after its second-highest-ranking officer stepped down amid accusations of rape, in a fresh scandal that...

Tenerife hacker arrested at Ritz in Madrid over one-cent luxury hotel bookings

News Desk20th February 202624th February 2026

20th February 202624th February 2026429

Spain’s National Police have broken up a sophisticated cyber fraud operation following the arrest of a 20-year-old hacker from Tenerife who was able to reserve...

Spanish police alert to sharp rise in ‘lost’ passport reports ahead of migrant regularisation

News Desk13th February 202618th February 2026

13th February 202618th February 2026700

Spain’s National Police have issued a nationwide warning after detecting a sharp rise in allegedly fraudulent reports of lost or stolen passports. Police investigators suspect...

Spanish police intercept Europe-bound vessel carrying 10 tonnes of cocaine in largest-ever maritime bust

News Desk13th January 202619th January 2026

13th January 202619th January 20262477

Spain’s National Police said they intercepted a merchant vessel in the Atlantic Ocean carrying nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine concealed within shipments of salt, in...

34 arrested in Spain during police raids targeting the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation

News Desk11th January 202614th January 2026

11th January 202614th January 20261268

Spain’s National Police – working in conjunction with Europol and the Bavarian State Police in Germany – have arrested 34 people in Spain as part...

Five arrested in southern Spain over alleged kidnap-and-murder for cryptocurrency theft

News Desk11th December 202517th December 2025

11th December 202517th December 20252969

Spanish police said on Wednesday that five suspects have been detained in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a man whose cryptocurrency holdings were...

Spanish police dismantle neo-Nazi cell plotting for a ‘race war’

News Desk1st December 20258th December 2025

1st December 20258th December 2025924

Spain’s National Police said on Monday that they had dismantled a Spanish branch of ‘The Base’, a transnational neo-Nazi and white supremacist organisation classified as...

Spanish police, with Dutch and US authorities, smash ring of powerful Mexican drug cartel

News Desk18th November 202524th November 2025

18th November 202524th November 20251675

The Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and law-enforcement authorities in the Netherlands, have dismantled the Spanish...

55 arrests as Spanish police smash seven ‘highly violent’ crime groups on the Costa del Sol

News Desk6th November 202512th November 2025

6th November 202512th November 20251630

Spain’s National Police said on Wednesday that they had dismantled seven criminal networks operating along the Costa del Sol, arresting 55 ‘highly violent’ suspects and...

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