Crime/Incidents news & information for Costa de la Luz

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has drowned off a Cádiz-province beach after his rubber dinghy was blown away and overturned, according to emergency services.

POLICE at the Gibraltar border town of La Línea de la Concepción were ambushed by drug-smugglers who pelted their patrol cars with molotov cocktails.

MIGRANTS who risked their lives on the high seas to reach Spain were kidnapped and held to ransom by a gang based in Algeciras (Cádiz province), the southernmost town on the mainland.

A BRAWL between at least 30 mums at a children's ball park in the far south-western city of Huelva (Andalucía) has left several of the women with minor injuries, National Police say.

COASTGUARD officials have rescued 75 migrants in the Strait of Gibraltar and are still searching for another seven missing after five rafts were spotted off Spain's southern coast on Easter Monday.

THREE hikers missing in the mountains of the province of Cádiz during the weekend's storms have been found alive and well in the Garganta Verde ravine in the Grazalema range.

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 COUPLE found dead in their home in the province of Huelva are believed to have committed suicide by overdose – and were not found until five days later when the woman's young children made a passing comment to...

A HUGE forest fire in the province of Huelva has forced emergency services to evacuate over 500 residents, but they were all able to return home last night (Saturday).

TWO beaches in La Línea de la Concepción were red-flagged today (Thursday) after a shark was spotted in the sea close to the shore.

A MIGRANT raft sailed into Cádiz province shores yesterday (Wednesday) when the beach was full of bathers soaking up the rays.

AN EXPLOSION in the kitchen of a Tarifa hotel has left 10 people injured, four of whom are in a serious condition.