A 32-year-old man has been rescued by helicopter after being injured while hiking in the Sierra de las Moreras in Mazarrón. The Region of Murcia’s Emergency Coordination Centre received a call at around 11.30am on Saturday reporting that the man had fallen in a hard-to-reach area. The caller provided coordinates, and initial reports said he had injured his ankle and shoulder in steep terrain inaccessible to vehicles. Civil Protection and Local Police in Mazarrón were alerted, along with the 061 […]

Los Alcázares Council has taken the first formal step to prevent the construction of a medical waste incinerator planned around two kilometres from the Mar Menor. The local authority is acting against the clock to create what it describes as an administrative barrier to the project. On Thursday, councillors agreed to begin the process of suspending for one year the granting of licences for industries considered potentially polluting. The suspension would apply to activities such as waste incinerators and biogas […]

The Guardia Civil has dismantled a criminal group in Mazarrón, Murcia, which was allegedly cultivating large quantities of cannabis for distribution to other criminal networks. The operation, codenamed ‘Tunama’, resulted in the arrest of three members of the same family. Officers discovered an indoor greenhouse inside an industrial unit containing 1,106 cannabis plants in the flowering stage. The site was equipped with sophisticated lighting, heating, irrigation and ventilation systems designed to maximise production. The investigation began in January after information […]

A heavy lorry and a car have been involved in a serious-looking collision at one of the main entrances to Torrevieja, though no injuries have been reported. The crash took place at around 20:00 on Thursday at a roundabout connecting the CV-95 with the main access road into the town centre. According to initial reports, the lorry was joining the roundabout when it turned too tightly and encroached on the lane of a car that was entering the town. The […]

Guardia Civil officers in the Region of Murcia have dismantled a criminal group in San Javier following a series of violent robberies and thefts across the Mar Menor area. Thirteen young people, aged between 17 and 25 and living in San Javier and Los Alcázares, have been arrested. Investigators believe the group was responsible for 24 offences in San Javier, Los Alcázares and Torrepacheco, including robberies with violence, theft and robbery with force. The investigation began in January after several […]

Two off-duty officers from the Orihuela Local Police have recovered a vehicle reported stolen in France after spotting it on the AP-7 motorway. The officers had just finished their shift and were driving near the Alicante toll exit when they noticed a French-registered car travelling at high speed. They checked the registration against police databases and confirmed that the vehicle had been reported stolen in France. They then began to follow the car while alerting other police units in the […]

The planned pedestrian and cycle bridge over the AP-7 in Orihuela Costa has been reduced in width by one metre, from the 4.3 metres set out in the original tender to just three metres. The shared cycle and pedestrian design could mean cyclists have to dismount because of safety clearance requirements. The project also предусматри three small expropriations. Orihuela City Council awarded the drafting contract to Anta Ingeniería Civil in November for 72,600 euros, 13,800 euros below the initial budget. […]

Storm Regina has delivered up to 30 litres per square metre across the Vega Baja, with the heaviest rainfall recorded along the coast. According to AVAMET and Proyecto Mastral, nearly 30 litres fell in San Luis in Torrevieja and in Pinar de Campoverde, Pilar de la Horadada. Guardamar del Segura and Torre de la Horadada also recorded more than 26 litres. Rainfall was lighter inland, with around 10 litres measured in La Murada, but most of the district received what […]

Around 350 emergency personnel have taken part in the largest earthquake and tsunami drill ever staged in Torrevieja. The exercise began at 9.05am yesterday when residents received an Es-Alert message on their phones warning of a simulated seismic and tsunami risk. The scenario included a mock 8.5 magnitude earthquake off the Algerian coast, later revised to 8.2, followed by a second simulated quake north of the town. Authorities activated both regional and municipal emergency plans, evacuated 17 schools, a shopping […]