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News from Spain
Police find huge stash of gold hidden inside baby nappies
Police in Spain have discovered more than 26 kilos of gold worth nearly a three quarters of a million pounds hidden inside a batch of baby nappies! The unusual find was made by members of the Civil Guard in Melilla, the Spanish autonomous city located on the northwest coast of Africa, sharing a border with Mo-rocco. The 26.1 kilograms ...Full Article
Betty, 80, leads the way as nine British expats honoured
Betty Burgess, a volunteer in Las Palmas, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to British Nationals Overseas in the New Year Honours List. First moving ...Full Article
Explosion hits pine tree festive tradition
At least 14 people were injured, three of them suffering serious burns, in a explosion in the bell tower of a church in Barcelona during a traditional Christmas event. ...Full Article
Gang smuggled 1,000 Pakistanis into Spain for 500 euros
National Police agents have dismantled a network which smuggled about 1,000 irregular immigrants of Pakistani origin into Barcelona throughout 2019. They were “recruited” in Italy and transferred by road ...Full Article
Defunct cars were still pumping out greenhouse gases
The Civil Guard has investigated 68 people linked to 30 companies throughout Spain for the emission into the atmosphere of refrigerant gas in the inadequate management of vehicles at ...Full Article
Police in Spain and UK find Europe’s first-ever narcosub
Police have discovered the first-ever “narco submarine” in Europe which was being used to smuggle 3,000 kilos of cocaine into Spain. Drug runners thwarted by rough seas off the ...Full Article
Drugs’ war continues on Costa del Sol with another killing
The Costa del Sol continues to be plagued by brutal murders connected to the ongoing drugs’ war. Police have been investi-gating the fourth murder in just one month and ...Full Article
New warnings over use of personal mobility vehicles
Spain’s driving directorate has issued new instructions over the use of personal mobility vehicles. “The objective is to establish clarifying criteria for users, city councils and agents of the ...Full Article
Che the much-loved giraffe dies of old age at 24
One of the oldest giraffes in captivity which had fostered numerous ba-bies has died in a Spanish zoological park. Staff at the famous Bioparc in Valencia were heartbroken at ...Full Article
Fighting violence against women is a priority issue for society
The National Police, through its Family and Women’s Service Unit and its Central Unit for Illegal Immigration and Documentary False Networks , has served almost 35,000 victims of gender-based ...Full Article
