A violent incident in Torresvieja has led to the arrest of a man accused of threatening residents with a knife. The confrontation took place last Thursday, when several locals confronted the suspect and his family over their alleged illegal occupation of a property in the complex. According to the Civil Guard, tensions escalated into a physical altercation during which the suspect brandished a knife and hurled various items at residents. The occupied property is owned by a foreign citizen who […]

A thirty-year-old woman has been arrested in Elche for committing fraud against a tattoo shop owner, reportedly scamming her out of four thousand five hundred euros. The suspect created a bond of trust with the victim, who tattooed her twice, and convinced her that her bank account had been blocked by the tax authorities due to a debt of seven hundred and eighty euros. In reality, the accused had a balance of one hundred and fifty-six thousand euros. While the […]

The construction of the new local police station in the Los Dolores neighbourhood of Cartagena has commenced, as announced by the town hall on Tuesday. The project comes with a budget of nearly six hundred thousand euros and a scheduled duration of ten months, with hopes for the station to open in the coming year. The single-storey building will occupy three hundred square metres and is located on municipal land between La Vía and Río Narcea streets, adjacent to a […]

A leatherback turtle, scientifically known as Dermochelys coriacea, was sighted last Friday along the coast of Guardamar del Segura. This rare event marks the first live observation of this species in the Mediterranean since nineteen eighty-six, when one was recorded at Cabo Roig. Leatherback turtles are notoriously difficult to spot due to their dark colouring and predominantly pelagic behaviour. Although there have been previous encounters in the region, all were of deceased turtles found washed ashore in years such as […]