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Latest news and information about policing and police issues.
What is each police branch in Spain responsible for?
National police, local police, the Civil Guard - Have you ever wondered what exactly each different branch of the Spanish police force does? Here's all you need to know.
Spanish court upholds fine for nude police station visitor
Spain's Supreme Court has upheld a fine of €1,080 imposed on a man who turned up at a police station naked and refused repeated requests to dress.
Weed, insults and rubber bullets: The changes to Spain's divisive gag law
Spain’s controversial ‘gag law’ is closer than ever to being reformed, with planned changes to the toughest parts of the legislation, from smaller fines for smoking cannabis to rubber bullets no longer being used by riot police.
German, Austrian and Spanish police alert to Christmas terror threat
Extra security checks will be conducted at various Christian events and venues over the festive period.
Spain's Civil Guard police officers allowed to have visible tattoos
Spain on Monday relaxed its policy banning officers from the country's oldest police force, the Guardia Civil, from exhibiting tattoos.
Partner finds body of missing British hiker close to border between France and Spain
The partner of a British hiker who went missing in the French Pyrenees last November has found her body, her family said on Tuesday, adding that an accident was "the most likely hypothesis".
Spanish police return Italian mafia fugitive to Italy after three years on the run
A major Italian mafia fugitive who controlled cocaine routes within Europe has been returned by authorities to Rome from Spain, police said on Saturday.
'I'm going to infect you all with coronavirus': Spanish man arrested on suspicion of assault
A Mallorca man who infected 22 people with Covid-19 has been arrested on suspicion of assault for going to work and the gym despite signs he had the virus, police said Saturday.
Police bust drug smugglers on speedboats to Spain
Spanish police have arrested a drug gang of 100 members, accused of bringing narcotics from Morocco to Spain, authorities stated on Saturday.
WATCH: Spanish police arrest 'most wanted' ISIS suspect hiding out in Spanish lockdown
A former British rapper and notorious Islamic state suspect has been arrested in Spain, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
Spain plans to use mobile phone data to track citizens during coronavirus crisis
The Spanish government said it would use mobile phone location data to track people's movements and see how closely a nationwide lockdown is being respected.
Spain appoints its first ever female police chief
Spain appointed Friday a woman to head the country's oldest police force, the Guardia Civil, for the first time in the agency's 175-year history.
Police sprinting champ bags Spanish purse snatchers
Two Spanish robbers who tried to flee on foot after snatching a bag containing 3,000 euros ($3,300) met with more than they bargained for when one of the police officers pursuing them turned out to be a record-holding sprinter.
Police in Spain discover huge weed plantation hidden in pine forests of Aragon
Spanish police have arrested six people and seized 16,000 marijuana plants hidden within pine forests in remote Aragon.
Spanish police rescued from sea by smugglers they were chasing
Three Spanish police officers who were thrown into the sea when their boat crashed early Friday during a high-speed chase were pulled to safety by the drug-smugglers they were chasing, police said.
Spanish police try to solve the mystery of disappearing booze from evidence room
An investigation has been launched after it emerged that hundreds of bottles of booze had disappeared from the evidence room of a police headquarters in Zaragoza.
Eight police officers to be investigated over violence at Catalan referendum polls
A Spanish court has ordered eight police officials to be put under formal investigation over their alleged role in a violent crackdown against a banned 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia, according to a ruling published Thursday.
Spanish police arrest man over alleged kidnap of daughter at gunpoint in Britain
Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested an Algerian man who allegedly snatched his two-year-old daughter at gunpoint in Britain and fled the country with her.
Tragic end to police search for missing children in Valencia as bodies found and mother arrested
The mother of two young children was detained by police on Thursday evening after she confessed that her two children were dead and buried on scrubland near her home.
Police launch hunt for 4-year-old and toddler missing in Valencia
The Guardia Civil have launched a desperate hunt for two young children on Thursday afternoon after they were reported missing in the town of Godella in Spain’s eastern Valencia region.
Spanish man lives with dead mother's body to collect pension
A Spanish man who allegedly lived with the body of his dead mother for up to a year to continue to collect her pension has been arrested, police said Thursday.
Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia to provide order
Spain's government has warned authorities in Catalonia that it could take over responsibility for law and order in the region after radical separatists blocked a highway.
Spanish police hunt couple filmed having sex on motorway (while driving)
Spanish police are hot on the trail of a couple caught on film having sex while driving on a motorway, the Guardia Civil force announced Tuesday.