Where is Amy Fitzpatrick: Irish officials contact Spain’s Guardia Civil about 15-year mystery

3 March 2023

Where is Amy Fitzpatrick: Irish officials contact Spain’s Guardia Civil about 15-year mystery

Irish officials are pressing Spanish police to step up investigations into the ongoing case of missing Amy Fitzpatrick. The Olive Press has sparked renewed calls for police to look into the 15-year case after Spain’s...

27 February 2023

British expat dies after being ravaged by pit bull dog on road in Spain’s Valencia

A British woman, 67, died in Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Saturday after being attacked by a pit bull dog. The victim suffered serious injuries to her head and arms when the loose dog lunged...

23 December 2022

Special Christmas security plans in place for Spain’s Malaga with almost 3000 officers on duty over the festive period

AFTER two years of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this Christmas will be the first ‘normal’ Christmas since 2019 and will see a total of 2,725 National Police and Civil Guard officers reinforce public...

18 December 2022

NOTHING TO HIDE: Marbella lawyer Antonio Flores talks exclusively to the Olive Press about dawn raid as part of €2 billion European tax fraud probe

A MARBELLA lawyer has slammed a ‘heavy-handed’ dawn raid over a VAT fraud that was splashed over the media. Antonio Flores is furious that 12 armed cops, wearing balaclavas, blocked the main road to seize...

12 December 2022

Driver smashes motorway speed limit by 95 km/h on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 25-year-old motorist was clocked exceeding a motorway speed limit by 95 km/h in Alicante Province. Guardia Civil radar guns hit the top of their scale when his high-end car whizzed by their patrol on...

1 December 2022

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not fit to be eaten. 35 people have been arrested for their...

18 November 2022

Benidorm estate agent in Spain supplied rental home keys to robbers with British woman selling off stolen items

FIVE people have been arrested for stealing from at least six rental homes in the Benidorm area with keys provided by a real estate agent. The Russian woman who ran the Benidorm agency briefed the...

3 November 2022

Police bring down international organised crime marijuana farm in Spain’s Valencia area

VALENCIAN Guardia Civil officers have arrested five people from an organised criminal group who were responsible for setting up a giant marijuana plantation and selling the drugs internationally. The operation started in March when police...

1 November 2022

Kamikaze motorist drives 29 kilometres down wrong side of busy Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

A 24-year-old La Nucia man has been charged with reckless driving after a 29 kilometre journey on the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway between Pedreguer and Altea. The motorist used the wrong carriageway on...

31 October 2022

Costa Blanca suitcase thief pays high price for escape bid in Spain

A thief who stole two suitcases from a car parked at a Guardamar hotel has been landed with a €12,000 bill for injuring two by-standers, two Guardia Civil officers, and damaging their vehicle. The Guardia...

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