An illegal breeding farm for cock fighting birds was uncovered and shut down in the northern barrio of Granada, Casería de Montijo.
The Policía Local moved in on Friday morning after having received a complaint from the neighbourhood association on the estate.
The complaint was that one of the residents had expropriated part of a public garden in order the set up the criadero (breeding farm).
The culprit had fenced off the area into two parts; one for a badly nourished hen that provided the chicks that would be used for cock fighting. The other was turned into a vegetable patch, watered using a public, water source.
A large lorry belonging to the refuse-collection company, Inagra, was needed to cart away all the junk used in the breeding area, such as old baths, etc.
During the inspection carried out by the municipal police they found that the electricity supply for the whole nearby block of flats had been rigged up in order to provide “free” electricity for the flats and in a public square, two abandoned motorbikes were removed.
Editorial comment: Unless the estate has changed drastically since I used to visit there in the early 90s, it is not a place where you would be tempted to leave your car parked over night.
(News: City & Metropolitan Area, Granada, Andalucia)
Patrick: London for a year and a half working or an American oil company then out to Spain in 1981. For the first few months after leaving the RAF, it takes some getting used to not being told what to do and when to do it. The first thing you did, was let your hair grow 😉 So where did you meet a couple of WRAFs?
Ah, I see, my hanging around shady areas of Granada? I was going out with a young lass who was studying at Granada University at the tim. She shared a flat with three other lasses in El Casarío de Montijo and I used to spend some weekends up there with her.
Martin. What sort of life did you lead after the R.A.F. (HA HA. I knew a few girls from that same dept.)
Did you decide to live on the wild side of life. After being cosseted in the R.A.F. !!??
Didn’t happen to have any pet dogs around too did they. An entire estate on free electric. So should every household there now get an estimate of years of electric owed. These types exist throughout Europe. Just take. Never give.