There has never been stricter control over traffic; you can’t enter or exit a town without coming across a road check but some don’t take that into account.
We’re talking about criminals.
Take the case of a man – one of the seven people arrested over Easter – who was transporting marihuana in his car. He might have thought to himself, “Is this a good moment to drive this stuff around?” But, evidently, this was not the case because off he set.
Now, once having decided to risk it, you will want to appear as inconspicuous as possible – avoid any behaviour that might attract the attention of police manning a check point… not our hero! No, he decided to wind up the decibels on his car stereo so much that it was loosening bolts within the engine.
Surprisingly (where are the “eye-rolling emojis when you need one?) the Policía Local pulled him over and fined him for having his car stereo on so loudly. And as he didn’t have a valid excuse for being in his car – delivering drugs is not one – the police had a closer look at his car and lo! There was a bulging sack of wonky weed.
On Good Friday the Policía Nacional arrested two men in a car on the Maracena crossroads – it had two sacks of dried cannabis flower heads, bless their cotton socks. Did it occur to these night-light villains that driving past a control point with two people in it, sitting side by side, with the factions of Mexican bandits would attract a touch of attention? Again, having no acceptable excuse for being out in the first place and again, delivering giggle greens not being amongst them. They were fined, arrested and laughed at… profusely.
Yes, the Guardia Civil have been busy too because they racked up 17 kilos of marihuana at three different control points; one in Peligros, one in Alhendin and the other on an A-92 junction near Huétor Santillán.
On the 8th of April a well-know criminal…whose most frequent place of residence during a long time can’t be opened from the inside… was stopped whilst driving through the centre of Peligros. The police thought, “Oh, he’s bound to have a legitimate reason for being out, let’s wave him by…” Maybe in an alternative universe but in this one, they flagged him down. They suggested he might like to open the boot, he asked them if they didn’t have anything better to do… and after considering this, they decided they didn’t and were greeted by a boot full of boisterous botany.
On that very same day on Plaza de Santo Cristo in Alhendín they stopped a car driven by a young man with a dedication to peace amongst all men and the avoidance of soap at all costs. The boot, surprised to see policemen peering in, blushingly revealed 1.5k of marihuana. When the young gentleman was searched they found a quantity of bank notes in his pocket that did not correspond to his dress code: 2,666 euros.
Which brings us to Sunday the 12th, just before teatime, between the exit junction 256 on the A-92 and the A-4003. The driver made the classic mistake of slamming on his breaks as the road check came into sight; an action guaranteed to have Guardia Civil eyeballs peeling the paintwork on your car. Fearing perhaps that his manoeuvre was not suspicious enough, he decided to open the passenger door and throw out a couple of bags. Well, you can imagine the rest, something the 30-year-old driver obviously couldn’t.
So, the Seaside Gazette’s advice is the following:
1) Don’t go out unless you absolutely have to.
2) If you do, make sure you have a document that justifies it.
3) Try not to have sacks of marihuana in the boot.
(News: Granada, Andalucia)