Crime/Incidents news & information for Costa Valencia

A BREAKDOWN at a fairground in Valencia left seven people trapped for over an hour at 60 metres (195 feet) up at the weekend, reports released last night (Tuesday) say.

AN ELDERLY man has been injured after a building partly collapsed in Valencia port yesterday (Friday).

Guardia Civil officers have arrested the owner of a bar in Oliva (Valencia) for having installed hidden video cameras in the ladies' toilets.

A POLICE officer has died in Valencia after being stabbed whilst arresting a suspect in a 'body in a bag' case in the city.

A SOLICITOR from Valencia who has spent eight years in jail for the alleged 'kidnap' of her daughter has finally made it home to Spain and is looking forward to an emotional reunion with the little girl, whom...

A BEACH near Valencia was shut and evacuated yesterday (Friday) evening after a five-foot shark was spotted off the shore, Local Police confirmed today.

ANOTHER cyclist has been killed by a drunk driver on the N-332 in Oliva (Valencia province), just five weeks after three triathletes from Jávea (Alicante province) lost their lives and two more were injured when they...

THE death toll from Sunday morning's cyclist tragedy on the N-332 inter-provincial highway in Oliva (Valencia province) has now risen to three after a 23-year-old in a critical condition passed away on Thursday...

THREE days of mourning have been declared in Jávea (Alicante province) after the ex-mayor's son and one of his triathlon team-mates were mowed down by a drunk driver who had taken drugs.

THE UNCLE of a 22-year-old woman found tied to a tree in Catarroja (Valencia province) has been arrested over 300 kilometres north in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona).

A 19-YEAR-OLD woman arrested in Gandia (Valencia province) for attempting to join the ranks of DAESH in Syria has been sentenced to five years in jail, despite her protests that she was 'vulnerable, gullible and a...

A PROTEST outside Valencia's immigration internment centre will continue until 12.30 midday today (Sunday) after a 24-hour lock-in yesterday as campaigners call for it to remain shut.