Crime/Incidents news & information for Andalucia

A FRESH search for murdered Sevilla teen Marta del Castillo Casanueva will start this Tuesday, back in the original site where her ex-boyfriend claimed to have dumped her body eight years ago.

SMUGGLERS sent thousands of euros' worth of drugs to the UK in boilers via a courier firm based in Sevilla, says the Guardia Civil.

A LITTLE African boy whose body was found on the beach in Barbate (Cádiz province) earlier this week has been identified, and residents gathered in the central square in a public show of mourning for the tragic...

A SMALL child of sub-Saharan African origin has been found dead on a Cádiz province beach, once again highlighting the tragic desperation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean for a better life.

A MOTHER who 'kidnapped' her four-year-old son from Málaga hospital when he was waiting for a lung transplant has been arrested at the high-speed AVE rail station in Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha), en route to...

SIX bodies of African migrants have been found off the coast of the province of Cádiz after their raft sank in the high seas as they attempted to reach Europe through the 'back door'.

AN EARTHQUAKE in the province of Almería last night (Sunday) caused a flood of calls to the 112 emergency hotline, but no damage was reported.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Jaén is facing 12 years in jail for bathing his baby in boiling water, causing him permanent scarring.

THE Costa del Sol has suffered its worst floods in a quarter of a century, with buses and cars under water, residents on rooftops, one woman dead and a family with nine children rescued by swimmers.

POLICE and customs in Andalucía have seized 88 tonnes of contraband tobacco worth €14 million in what is said to have been Spain's largest smuggling heist of its type in history.

A BUS caught fire on a main city-centre street yesterday (Thursday) morning, causing public alarm and damaging at least six parked cars.

AT LEAST 10 homes were evacuated last night in Mijas (Málaga) when a blaze took hold near two residential areas.