The Civil Guard based in Dolores and the Albatera local police have detained three people on suspicion of drug trafficking after stopping a car on the CV-909 in Albatera at 20:20 on 26 October. During a joint identity check officers became suspicious of the three occupants and conducted a thorough search, locating drugs hidden in their clothing and several banknotes. Among the items seized was a rock of cocaine weighing 53.3 grams with a high degree of purity, which was […]

Benijófar Town Hall has launched a pioneering scheme to improve access to housing for local young people. The council will cede a 4,200 m2 municipal plot on Calle Formentera, at the corner of Rosalía de Castro and Pilar Miró. The land will be divided into 30 plots of 120 m2 to permit construction of 30 single‑family homes of about 100 m2 each. The plots will be granted under a 75‑year demanial concession. Beneficiaries aged 18 to 45 will act as […]

A fire has destroyed an elevating work platform on the Punta Margalla promenade in Torrevieja. The machine had been used by the contractor carrying out a council-ordered inspection of a municipal inventory of 5,000 palm trees after a fatal palm collapse on the CV-905. The blaze began just after 13:30 in the vehicle's lower section and spread through the tyres, the Provincial Fire Consortium has said. Six firefighters from Torrevieja attended, backed by Local Police and Guardia Civil; the machine […]

Murcia's Juvenile Court No 1 has imposed twenty hours of community service on three minors after finding them responsible for a continued offence of criminal damage. The court concluded the youths deliberately kicked off wing mirrors from several parked cars in La Manga in the early hours of a summer night, causing damage that experts have valued. The parties accepted the facts and the civil liability, fixed at €1,622.43, which their legal representatives will assume. The judgment specifies that the […]

An off-duty Guardia Civil officer from the Puesto Principal de Mazarrón has rescued a woman from a smoke-filled house in Mazarrón. The officer, who was away from duty and walking through the town, detected heavy smoke coming from a first-floor window and alerted the prevention patrol that was on duty before entering the building himself to check for people in danger. He found the homeowner at the front door of the flat showing clear signs of smoke inhalation. The officer […]

Orihuela City Council has announced it will hold its ordinary plenary for November at the council seat on Orihuela Costa on Thursday, 27 November. It is the first time the council has held a plenary on the coast. The mayoral decree has set the start time at 9:15 and the Party for the Independence of Orihuela Costa has called a demonstration fifteen minutes earlier to protest a rise in rubbish collection fees and service failings. The call for participation registers […]

Torrevieja council has approved a motion, supported by PP, VOX and Sueña Torrevieja and opposed by the Socialist group, that asks the Spanish Government and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition to urgently amend Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soil. The motion argues the law obliges municipalities to pass one hundred per cent of collection and treatment costs on to residents, regardless of local budgets. Councillors pointed to the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, which has demanded reform, […]

The town hall of Los Montesinos has signed the start-of-works record for the modernisation and improvement of services at the Levante 2 industrial estate. The project, financed by the Generalitat Valenciana through IVACE and awarded to Infraestructuras y Servicios Comino at a reduced bid of €210,000 (excluding VAT) against an initial budget of €234,388, will run across 2025 and 2026 and includes upgrades to the potable water network, lighting for a section of the cycle lane and a stormwater inlet. […]

Cartagena’s Local Police have confirmed complaints from several taxi drivers about private vehicles carrying passengers illegally near the city’s bus and Renfe stations. The reports, the force said, prompted an inquiry and monitoring of suspected vehicles. Chief commissioner Pedro Moreno has said officers have made progress in the investigation and are keeping suspected vehicles under surveillance. He has acknowledged the problem and confirmed the force has registered the complaints and is following up with targeted checks. Moreno said the aim […]