A VETERAN motorist was arrested twice in just three days in Murcia and Valencia for driving the wrong way on the motorway. The 74 year old man was arrested by the Guardia Civil Tuesday morning in the Cartagena region. The driver of the vehicle travelling the opposite way was reported to the emergency services by a road user. READ MORE …
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Murcia police shut down the first known illegal opium plantation in Spain
The police have arrested two men and dismantled Spain’s first illegal opium plantation. Two brothers were operating the business in Cartagena, Murcia. Los Caballeros Farm covers approximately 3,000 m2, and the Policia Nacional says they discovered the clandestine operation at its infancy. READ MORE OPIUM POPPINES (Pixabay) The authorities believe that the crop would have grown to 120,000 plants if …
Read More »In Spain, a patient who assaulted two doctors in the emergency room and pleaded guilty to assaulting them is sentenced to prison
A VIOLENT patient who attacked two ER doctors at Cartagena’s Santa Lucia Hospital has been given as 14 month prison sentence following a ‘speedy trial’. The Murcia College of Physicians has welcomed the verdict and punishment. They said it ‘sets a precedent in defending health workers’. READ MORE SANTA LUCIA HOSPITAL, CARTAGENA The male patient assaulted the ER staff in …
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