Crime/Incidents news & information for Catalonia

FRENCH police have caught two suspects believed to be linked to last August's terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils (Tarragona province).

GUARDIA Civil officers in Sant Andreu de la Barca (Barcelona province) have had to clarify a Twitter debate after a regional MP posted a photograph of cannabis plants drying out in their headquarters.

A BRITISH fugitive who has been on the run for over two years has been caught in Barcelona, despite trying to convince police he was an Italian tourist.

A DRAMATIC blaze at a hotel near Barcelona's Sants station forced emergency services to evacuate the entire building at midday today (Wednesday), but nobody was hurt.

ONE of the few surviving terrorists from the Barcelona attacks in August has been convicted of domestic violence, meaning his custodial term will be extended by six months.

EUROPOL'S most-wanted criminal on the run and the only woman in the organisation's top 70 fugitives, Tania Varela, has been arested in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona province) after four years of hiding from...

A TEENAGE girl hanging from a concrete beam eight floors up so her friend could take a photo of her had to be rescued from a Barcelona block of flats, Catalunya regional police reported yesterday (Monday).

A TARRAGONA man who grew and sold cannabis 'to top up his pension' has been arrested and at least 290 marihuana plants have been confiscated.

NATIONAL Police in Girona have arrested the number one suspect in the double murder of a young couple on holiday in the Susqueda swamp area, and say they have 'not a single shred of doubt' that he is guilty.

THREE arrests have been made in France in connection with the Cambrils and Barcelona terror attacks in August last year, all of whom are said to be linked to Driss Oukabir – the only surviving killer, who is currently...

A BARCELONA man accused of joining an ISIS terrorist cell says shouting 'Allah is great' (Allahu-akhbar) is not necessarily a bomb warning but 'the same as saying 'long live Nacho Vidal'.

A POLICE officer guarding an offender who was in hospital shot himself in the toilets on Christmas Day afternoon.