Salvatore D’Avino was arrested at a petrol station in Estepona as he prepared to return to Morocco. Morocco is where he lived and from where he allegedly directed traffic of hashish to Italy, having spent a few days on the Costa del Sol, where his girlfriend had come to give birth. D’Avino’s arrest, the result […]
Six people have been caught by the Guardia Civil steeling Sea Anemones in Estepona. The culprits did not have permission or licence to take the Sea Anemones from the sea. It has been revealed that they were to be sold in Cadiz.
Illegal fishing has become more a problem in the last 18 months along […]
Several Palm trees were set alight on Sunday afternoon by vandals. The trees were located where Avenida de España meets Avenida del Carmen. Vandalism has been on the rise for some time now, especially given the rise in youth unemployment within the town. Last year the statue to the tourist, by the Correos in Estepona, […]
About 70 English and Irish families have joined forces to bring a class lawsuit for alleged fraud and embezzlement relating to the construction of 350 apartments in the area of Arroyo Vaquero, Estepona. The events date back to 2006 when Ocean View Properties reached a marketing agreement with the promoter Sun Golf Real Estate Development […]
The President of the Court of Malaga, Francisco Javier Arroyo has admitted that, after looking at the current crime statistics in Estepona, the town would need a total of nine courts to handle the volume of criminal cases that are currently pending in the Estepona judicial district.
According to Arroyo, the high crime level within […]
The incident occurred the night of April 29, when the Servicio Integral de Vigilancia Exterior (SIVE) detected a suspicious boat heading towards the Dos Hermanas beach.
Two tons of hashish were seized and three people arrested by the Guardia Civil.
After observing how the alleged drug traffickers began unloading the packages from the boat and transferring […]
Ex Mayor of Estepona Antonio Barrientos is asking for the Judge to be replaced in the pending Astapa case.
The legal defence team representing the ex mayor have claimed there are irregularities in the initial report made by the judge. These irregularities are said to be the inclusion of false data and the omission […]