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Youth gang frightened residents with at least 50 crimes in Mar Menor area of Spain
A YOUTH GANG has been rounded up by the Guardia Civil in San Javier after committing at least 50 crimes in the area and...
Police recover fleet of stolen cars used during robberies in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
THE Guardia Civil has busted a gang that stole cars in the Alicante and Murcia areas which were then used in robberies before being...
Biggest storm water tank in Spain’s Murcia region aims to cut Mar Menor lagoon pollution
THE largest storm water tank in the Murcia region has been opened in Torre Pacheco.
It is expected to reduce excess flow from the...
Over €8 million to be spent in six months removing biomass from shores of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain
THE Murcia government will spend nearly €8.5 million between April and September to remove biomass and ova from the Mar Menor lagoon.
Visiting Playa Honda...
Big swoop to arrest violent robbery gang that caused major concern in Spain’s Murcia
THE Guardia Civil implemented a co-ordinated swoop on Tuesday to bring down a gang behind over 50 service station and shop robberies in Murcia's...
Home from home: a maritime gem on the Mar Menor of Spain’s Murcia that’s both ancient and modern
THE resort of Los Alcázares lies in Murcia region, on the Costa Calida, in the heart of the Mar Menor region. It takes its...
Hotel workers set to strike over Easter holiday in Spain’s Murcia region
UNIONS representing hotel workers in the Murcia region have called for strikes during the busy Easter and Spring Fiesta period after being offered a...
‘Get rich quick’ sports betting scammer wanted by 16 courts in Spain is caught in Murcia
A fraudster offering to quickly double investments via sports betting has been arrested while withdrawing cash from a Murcia City ATM.
The man scammed a...
Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon lost €54 million of European funding to fight pollution
SPAIN'S government says that €54 million of European money allocated in 2019 to fight pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon was switched elsewhere.
The admission...
Parents get €1.2 million after baby’s birth was mishandled in Spain’s Mar Menor
A SAN JAVIER couple will get €1.2 million in compensation after the birth of their baby boy left him with a permanent disability.
The award...
First museum dedicated to Mar Menor lagoon in Spain’s Murcia will celebrate fishing
THE first museum solely dedicated to Murcia's Mar Menor lagoon will showcase the area's fishing industry in a disused air force building in Los...
Angry farmers from south-eastern Spain descend on Madrid over major threat to crop irrigation
UP to 15,000 farmers took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to protest against new protection rules for the river Tajo which will...
Grand Hyatt will open its first hotel in Spain this spring in Mar Menor area
The Grand Hyatt group will open its first hotel in Spain following a franchise agreement with the La Manga Club and Resort in the...
Big criminal gang staged 30 shop robberies in Spain’s Mar Menor area
THE Guardia Civil have arrested 15 members of a gang that staged 30 shop robberies in San Javier and Los Alcazares.
Four of the gang...
€4.7 million to be spent in 2023 removing biomass from polluted Mar Menor in Murcia
THE Murcia regional government has authorised €4.7 million to be allocated next year to continue the process of removing biomass from the Mar Menor...
Hotel owner in Spain’s Mar Menor beats off knife-wielding thief with iron bar
TWO robbers were beaten off by a Mar Manor hotel owner on Friday when the owner coshed one of them with an iron bar.
They...
Seven women rescued from clutches of sex exploitation gang in Spain
SEVEN victims of a sex exploitation gang that operated in different parts of Spain have been freed by the Policia Nacional.
Three men who pimped...
Holiday property rental scam exposed in Mar Menor area of Spain
THREE scammers defrauded at least 15 people by taking deposits for bogus holiday properties in the Mar Menor area of Murcia.
The trio- who pocketed...
Violent hooded gang in wave of shop and restaurant robberies in Mar Menor area of Spain
AN armed and hooded gang are prime suspects behind a wave of robberies in Murcia's Mar Menor area.
The Guardia Civil say the crew struck...
Truck drivers group launch strike in Spain over inflation but disruption described as ‘minimal’
A group of mainly self-employed truck drivers and small haulage companies have gone on indefinite strike in Spain.
The National Platform in Defence of Transport...
Costa Blanca border town in Spain wants to use nearby Mar Menor hospital in Murcia region
RESIDENTS of Pilar de la Horadada may get a much shorter hospital trip compared to a 22 kilometre road journey to Torrevieja Hospital.
Pilar mayor...
British marijuana grower on Spain’s Costa Blanca used young son to make drug deliveries on electric scooter
A drugs gang that cultivated and exported marijuana across Europe from plantations in Alicante Province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
One of the...
Dodgy dentist scams customers with ‘double’ loans in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
THE owner of a dental clinic chain in the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas has been charged with fraud after ripping off customers who...
Two children on electric scooter knock over policeman on Spain’s Mar Menor
A San Javier Policia Local officer was knocked over by a speeding electric scooter shared by two youngsters.
The officer was performing traffic patrol duties...
Tragic discoveries of seven drowned migrants on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches in Spain
SEVEN bodies of North African migrants who may have shared the same capsized boat have been discovered on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches.
One...
Police probe major boat gathering in protected waters of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain
THE Guardia Civil is probing an unauthorised party involving over 100 boats in a specially protected area of the Mar Menor lagoon.
The gathering happened...
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