Torrevieja’s Local Police has reported a coordinated operation with the Civil Guard on Tuesday targeting illegal street vending along the seafront. The operation involved 30 officers — 17 from the Civil Guard and 13 from the Local Police — and led to the seizure of 24 bundles of merchandise that police have determined to be counterfeit, amounting to hundreds of kilos. Items recovered include imitation football kits, tracksuits, trainers, caps, belts, bags and three hand trolleys. The seized material is […]

The Generalitat Valenciana has given final approval to reclassify a 10,524 square metre plot in Orihuela Costa, in the O-1 Las Filipinas sector, from private sports facilities to residential use. The Territorial Commission for Urban Planning voted unanimously to approve the modification, which allows a maximum of 45 dwellings on 9,059.67 m2 and also allocates 1,244.36 m2 for roads, 565 m2 of green space and 436 m2 for a multi-use facility. Developer Santa Cruz Urbana first requested a change in […]

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after a National Police investigation into so-called 'puntos negros' of drug sales has led them to a property in the San Félix neighbourhood of Cartagena. The inquiry has identified the address as an active street-level sales point. Residents have reported a constant flow of vehicles and people and say the site has created a strong sense of insecurity. Officers say those running the point have been using security measures, including […]

Orihuela has announced the official start of its Christmas season with light switch‑on events on Thursday 4 December and Friday 5 December at different points in the municipality. The 4 December ceremony will be held at six o'clock at the Town Hall in Playa Flamenca and will include a choir and the inauguration of the municipal nativity. On 5 December a procession will tour several streets from five o'clock before the main switch‑on and the public reading of a Christmas […]

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 […]