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Cadiz

Fears grow for missing teenager last seen boarding bus to La Linea Concepcion

Anthony Piovesan - 3 Feb, 2023 @ 11:30

Fears are growing for a Cadiz teenager who has been missing since Tuesday. Ruben Aguera Quiros was last seen boarding a bus at San Martin...

Crime & Law

Dodgy businessman in Spain’s Linea de la Concepcion arrested for more than 200 crimes

Anthony Piovesan - 20 Jan, 2023 @ 16:45

A businessman who committed more than 200 crimes has been arrested, with police raiding premises in Malaga, Cadiz and Valencia. The Civil Guard and officers...

Costa Blanca

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him

Alex Trelinski - 29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a...

Gibraltar

Gibraltar neighbour La Linea will serve complaint on OS 35 bulk carrier for oil spill

John Culatto - 15 Sep, 2022 @ 14:10

LA Linea council is planning to serve a complaint on the owners and insurers of the beached OS 35 after its oil spill ground...

Cadiz

FOREST FIRE: El Faro beach closed as wildfire rages outside Alcaidesa near Gibraltar

Alex Oscar - 8 Jul, 2021 @ 19:15

A FOREST fire has resulted in the closure of El Faro beach in the town of Alcaidesa, near San Roque. The first forest fire...

AstraZeneca vaccinations suspended on Costa Blanca and Valencia region

Coronavirus

Red Handed: Nurse in Spain’s La Linea arrested for stealing COVID-19 vaccines

James Warren - 10 May, 2021 @ 11:15

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

Gibraltar neighbouring town halves caseload after parents refuse to send children to school

John Culatto - 4 Feb, 2021 @ 17:03

LA Linea has managed to halve its active COVID-19 cases this week after parents decided to stop sending their children to school.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Campo record only nine active COVID-19 cases

John Culatto - 17 Jun, 2020 @ 16:12

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..

Gibraltar

Cat-astrophe avoided as over 40 cats freed from La Linea home

John Culatto - 4 Jun, 2020 @ 21:41

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.

Gibraltar

Three La Linea youths arrested on drug smuggling charges after sea chase

John Culatto - 3 Jun, 2020 @ 19:30

Three youths from La Linea de la Concepcion and a fourth person from Ceuta have been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling on Monday.

Crime & Law

‘TIL DRUGS DO US PART: Married couple in Spain caged for cocaine home delivery service using electric scooters in...

Laurence Dollimore - 13 Nov, 2019 @ 14:53

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...

Crime & Law

WATCH: ‘Superhero’ promises to drive tobacco smugglers out of town in southern Spain

Tim McNulty - 29 Mar, 2019 @ 11:54

In the footage a man, disguised as a Power Ranger, addresses the camera and warns smugglers their trade will soon come to an end

Cadiz

NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias...

Laurence Dollimore - 11 Feb, 2019 @ 13:00

The results came in what was one of the bloodiest years on the Costa del Sol in terms of mafia activity

Crime & Law

WATCH: Southern Spain’s ‘Narco King’ caged in dawn raid as 100 police officers storm hideout

Elisa Menendez - 8 Jun, 2018 @ 12:48

The youngest Tejon brother, who heads up the biggest and most notorious drug gang in La Linea, was arrested at his home

Crime & Law

Father of missing Scottish expat Lisa Brown’s son launches appeal against court ruling to release prime suspect Simon Corner

Elisa Menendez - 23 May, 2018 @ 14:35

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

Crime & Law

Authorities break up one of Spain’s ‘biggest’ hashish drug smuggling rings

Elisa Menendez - 22 May, 2018 @ 11:42

It is estimated the La Linea criminal organisation brought more than 10,000 kilograms of hashish from Morocco to Spain

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Manilva wins €174 million EuroMillions lottery draw – but they’ll have to split it with a Brit in the...

Laurence Dollimore - 26 Feb, 2018 @ 10:45

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...

Crime & Law

SPAIN POLICE: Campo de Gibraltar is becoming like Colombia under Pablo Escobar

Laurence Dollimore - 16 Feb, 2018 @ 14:34

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...

Environment

Remorseless Spanish fishermen refuse to acknowledge Gibraltarian waters as they continue to fish

Joe Wallen - 10 Nov, 2017 @ 17:59

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...

Cadiz

La Linea homeless charity Hogar Betania issues call for Christmas present donations for vulnerable children

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 29 Nov, 2016 @ 15:22

Centre asks individuals, companies, clubs and associations for help

La Cultura

Local linguist examines influence of Llanito and English on La Linea spoken speech

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 12 Nov, 2016 @ 12:42

Maria Ortega Amusco's new study follows Tito Vallejo's groundbreaking work

Unemployment soars sky high in three Andalucian towns

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 17 Mar, 2016 @ 08:17

Jobless numbers in La Linea, Sanlucar de Barrameda and Jerez among highest in Spain

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