Tag Archives: Almeria

Greenpeace has surprised the mayor of Almeria with a cake that looks like the hotel. Video posted Wednesday showed activists handing the cake, complete with a sign reading ‘illegal hotel,’ to Carboneras mayor Salvador Hernandez, whom Greenpeace accused of stalling the demolition of the 411-room resort. On February 21, 2006, a court order had stopped construction on the Hotel Algarrobico. …

AN ALMERIA woman looking for love was conned out of €216,839 by a gang who set up a fake online relationship via social media. Policia Nacional arrested four people and are searching for four more suspects in the province of Alicante. The scam began in 2022 after the victim became friends with a man through Facebook. READ MORE POLICE CYBEREXPERTS …

The Guardia Civil has smashed an gang which used helicopters to smuggle Moroccan hashish in Spain. The helicopters that could carry up to 900 kilograms each flew from the Mediterranean to the south of Spain where hashish would be transported to other parts in Europe by road. The operation involved Moroccan, Belgian, and Swedish law enforcement agencies. READ MORE WAREHOUSE …

PARTS of eastern Spain are bracing for torrential weather after the state meteorological agency issued a rare red alert for heavy rainfall – indicating an ‘extreme risk’ to life. The red weather alert is in effect for the entire Valencia coast, as well as Valle del Almanzora y Los Velez (in Almeria). READ MORE – Orange Alert for 10 metre …

Policia Nacional arrested two notorious Italian mafia members in Spain. The fugitives had been wanted for a range of serious offences, including murder, extortion and kidnapping. These men were arrested on European arrest warrants in Almeria & Tenerife, and they belonged to the Neapolitan Camorra gang. READ MORE Both men could face a combined prison sentence of 60 years. Late …

After investigators discovered alleged links with a narco group that used corrupt police to smuggle illegal drugs into Spain, a probe into dodgy Covid contract in Andalucia turned into a full-blown storm of corruption.  The mayor of Fines Rodrigo Sanchez and Javier Aureliano Garcia of the Almeria Provincial Council, as well as its vice-president Fernando Gimenez, were arrested last week …

Policia Nacional has busted a criminal gang operating one of the biggest crypto-banks around the globe. There were two distinct branches of the organisation that had €20 million in the bank with an Arab-based group receiving money from anywhere in the world. Their Chinese counterparts based in Almeria and Madrid received cash in Spain and sent it out in order …

AN ALMERIA baby died on Sunday after a ‘botched’ home circumcision demanded by his parents. Guardia Civil Roquetas de Mar arrested the mother, father (originally from Mali) and third party who performed the surgery. On Tuesday, they were due to appear in front of a Roquetas Judge. The man hired to perform the circumcision was not a trained medical professional. …