MALLORCA TODAY - Magalluf mobile-phone theft arrests

A joint action by local police and the Guardia Civil in Magalluf has resulted in the arrest of seven people - six Nigerians and one man from Mauritania - suspected of operating a robbing gang of women who have been stealing smartphones and other equipment from tourists in the resort.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Arrests over Alcúdia burglaries

Two adults and three minors have been arrested following a spate of burglaries at properties mainly in the Barcarés area of Alcúdia and also in Can Picafort.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Three detained over Can Picafort burglaries

A 37-year-old man and two teenagers of 16 and 17 years of age have been arrested on suspicion of having burgled some 14 homes in Can Picafort last month, some of the burglaries having been committed while occupants were asleep.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Britons in Magalluf pitched battle

More fuel to add to the fire of the bad reputation of the young British tourist abroad. Magalluf's Punta Ballena was the scene yesterday morning at around 5am of a battle between two groups of what the press delights in calling "hooligans". A youth was run over by a car, there were two stabbings and two Britons arrested.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Two arrested on suspicion of being pyromaniacs

The Guardia Civil has arrested a young man and his uncle on suspicion of having been responsible for starting fires that have broken out on Mallorca in recent days. Yesterday there were four separate fires in the Llucmajor area and another in the Albufera park by Sa Pobla.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Pollensa robbery gang detained

The Guardia Civil has arrested 19 people in connection with robberies in Pollensa from properties that were primarily houses rented to tourists. The investigation into the robberies also uncovered two properties that were being used for the sale of drugs.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Another pyramid scheme - couple arrested

With the trial of John Hirst and others due to take place in Yorkshire later this year for an alleged Ponzi scheme operated primarily in Calvià, another scheme has been exposed. Police have detained a couple - named only as J.P., a 56-year-old Austrian born in Germany, and his 38-year-old Spanish wife, B.D.B. - in an investigation of a scheme said to have realised some nine million euros and to have affected some 200 people, mainly Britons, Germans and Spaniards. Arrests were made yesterday in Magalluf and Palma.


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MALLORCA TODAY - Robberies in Pollensa: further arrests

Another nine people, six between the ages of 18 and 34 and three under-18, have been arrested on suspicion of robberies and receiving stolen goods. The arrests relate to some 70 robberies of properties in Pollensa, mainly ones owned by foreigners and especially in more isolated areas, such as La Font.

MALLORCA TODAY - Arrests in operation against cocaine network

Eleven people, the majority of them Colombian, have been detained in a police operation against cocaine distribution. Homes in Palma, Inca and Mancor de la Vall were raided as part of the operation. The centre of the sales of the cocaine appears to have been Inca.