Tag: La Linea de la Concepcion
FOREST FIRE: El Faro beach closed as wildfire rages outside Alcaidesa near Gibraltar
A FOREST fire has resulted in the closure of El Faro beach in the town of Alcaidesa, near San Roque. The first forest fire...
Red Handed: Nurse in Spain’s La Linea arrested for stealing COVID-19 vaccines
POLICE in La Linea with the collaboration of Gibraltar authorities have arrested a nurse for allegedly stealing and reselling the Oxford COVID-19 vaccines. The nurse...
Gibraltar neighbouring town halves caseload after parents refuse to send children to school
LA Linea has managed to halve its active COVID-19 cases this week after parents decided to stop sending their children to school.
Gibraltar Campo record only nine active COVID-19 cases
One new case in Algeciras was added to the nine active cases to bring the confirmed figure to 330 in total for the towns of the Bay of Gibraltar..
Cat-astrophe avoided as over 40 cats freed from La Linea home
THE cats were rescued by a feline charity from the squalid home of a senile woman in the Bellavista neighbourhood of La Linea last Tuesday.
Three La Linea youths arrested on drug smuggling charges after sea chase
Three youths from La Linea de la Concepcion and a fourth person from Ceuta have been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling on Monday.
‘TIL DRUGS DO US PART: Married couple in Spain caged for cocaine home delivery service using electric scooters in...
A MARRIED couple have been arrested after allegedly using electric scooters to deliver cocaine around the Campo de Gibraltar. Policia Nacional arrested the pair after...
WATCH: ‘Superhero’ promises to drive tobacco smugglers out of town in southern Spain
In the footage a man, disguised as a Power Ranger, addresses the camera and warns smugglers their trade will soon come to an end
NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias...
The results came in what was one of the bloodiest years on the Costa del Sol in terms of mafia activity
WATCH: Southern Spain’s ‘Narco King’ caged in dawn raid as 100 police officers storm hideout
The youngest Tejon brother, who heads up the biggest and most notorious drug gang in La Linea, was arrested at his home
Father of missing Scottish expat Lisa Brown’s son launches appeal against court ruling to release prime suspect Simon Corner
Tony Tomillero, father to Lisa's 11-year-old son Marco, has asked his lawyer to appeal the shock decision made in San Roque last month
Authorities break up one of Spain’s ‘biggest’ hashish drug smuggling rings
It is estimated the La Linea criminal organisation brought more than 10,000 kilograms of hashish from Morocco to Spain
Manilva wins €174 million EuroMillions lottery draw – but they’ll have to split it with a Brit in the...
MANILVA has won more than €88 million in the latest EuroMillions draw. The huge win was won by a consortium of 80 people in San...
SPAIN POLICE: Campo de Gibraltar is becoming like Colombia under Pablo Escobar
THE Campo de Gibraltar is becoming the ‘Colombia of Spain’, Spanish police have warned. According to Spain’s United Police Union (SUP), young people in...
Remorseless Spanish fishermen refuse to acknowledge Gibraltarian waters as they continue to fish
A SPANISH fisherman was unrepentant today about fishing illegally in British waters. He and two other fishing captains from the Puerto de La Atunara port...
La Linea homeless charity Hogar Betania issues call for Christmas present donations for vulnerable children
Centre asks individuals, companies, clubs and associations for help
Local linguist examines influence of Llanito and English on La Linea spoken speech
Maria Ortega Amusco's new study follows Tito Vallejo's groundbreaking work
Unemployment soars sky high in three Andalucian towns
Jobless numbers in La Linea, Sanlucar de Barrameda and Jerez among highest in Spain
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AND sing it’s nearly Christmas and the snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada
THE golden slopes of Spain’s magical Sierra Nevada are open again… and it just keeps snowing! Two more days of snowfall guarantee skiing and snowboarding...
