Crime/Incidents news & information for Andalucia

A SEARCH party has resumed for an eight-year-old boy who went missing on Tuesday afternoon from the tied hamlet of Las Hortichuelas in Níjar (Almería province), after being forced to stop for the night.

AN EXPLOSION at an industrial estate in the province of Sevilla has left an employee with serious burns and having to be evacuated by helicopter.

AWOMAN who stole €2,000 worth of surgical implements from Málaga's Costa del Sol hospital has been arrested, along with another man who is charged with handling the goods.

A BODY has been found on a Marbella beach which may be the missing 35-year-old British expatriate Rebecca M., who has not been seen since January 2.

A BRITISH mum has been missing for 10 days from her home in Marbella and police are urgently seeking information that may help them find her.

A NEW mum pulled up for jumping a red traffic light has been charged with theft after a breast pump worth €1,700 from a nearby hospital was found in her car.

A COURT in Almería has held that an employee who committed suicide after a row with a customer died in a 'work-related accident', meaning his next of kin is entitled to claim compensation.

A TEENAGE boy has lost his hand after playing with fireworks at his home in Jaén, Andalucía.

A SEVILLA father has been arrested after leaving his four-year-old son overnight in his illegally double-parked car to go to a partner-swapping club, Local Police reveal.

A SPANISH tourist has been shot dead by a police officer whilst touring one of the most notorious favelas in the former Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro.

A BRITISH man dressed up as a Storm Trooper could be up for the next 'Darwin award' after his botched hold-up on a Mijas hotel in August – although he has managed to escape arrest until now.

A DIVER who spent the night trapped in a pothole suffering decompression syndrome has been rescued alive after a huge and highly-delicate underground operation.