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The National Police, in collaboration with police in Sweden, have brought down a Swedish gang of hired killers linked to two murders on the Costa del Sol. Nine people aged between 24 and 64 - four in Sweden and five in Malaga- were arrested last
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A British man with an arrest warrant against him in connection with the death of a man outside a bar in Fuengirola in August, was arrested as he got off a plane at Malaga airport last Friday. related news Hunt on for British man who
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Four people of Romanian origin have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after police received a number of reports in rural areas around Nerja, Torrox and Frigiliana. The suspects are accused of taking small domestic appliances, food and ... toiletries at night while the owners were out. According to Guardia Civil officers, they took public transport and then walked the final part of the journey, waiting until it was dark to commit the crimes. Two of the people arrested are being held in
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Five people have been arrested in Alhaurín el Grande as part of an operation to break up a criminal organisation involved in the growing and trafficking of marijuana. During raids on an old nursery, where the suspects had set up a large
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Ten individuals have been arrested for mistreating dogs in the Vélez-Málaga area in the last week after reports from local residents who were suspicious that the animals were being abused. In addition to the arrests, 16 dogs of varying breeds
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A man and his father have been arrested in Malaga, one for sexually abusing his two daughters for several years, telling them he would hurt their mother if they told her what had happened, and the other for knowing what was going on and doing
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Two Algerian men aged 38 and 51 have been arrested in Marbella, accused of having robbed a tourist in Elviria on 29 October using the so-called 'Ronaldinho' method. This consists of pretending to explain to the victim how to 'dribble' a football, ... thieves was arrested on the spot, while the other, who was trying to run to a car parked nearby, was caught a few metres away. The police recovered the man's mobile phone, among other belongings, and the men have been charged with carrying out a robbery
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Police have arrested a 72-year-old man for stabbing his son during an argument because living with him was "unbearable". The son, 46, was admitted to hospital with two stab wounds to his stomach. The older man, whose face was bruised, claimed
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A 21-year-old Swedish man of Somali origin, arrested by the Guardia Civil in Barcelona last week, was planning a murder on the Costa del Sol, according to the investigation. The man is thought to be one of the leaders of a dangerous gang of drug ... where the suspect had been hiding. The Swedish authorities, who had arrested two other leaders of the organisation in Sweden, warned of an imminent assassination the gang was planning to carry out somewhere in the province of Malaga. This caused the
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arrested and fortunately there were no accidents as a result.