A policeman was sentenced to 17-years imprisonment for the theft of 138k of drugs from the main police station in Sevilla. He was not alone in the theft as his accomplice, sentenced to 15 years, was tasked with substituting the stolen drug with plaster and chocolate powder.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Broke Burgillos
by Martin Myall •
The Town Hall of Burgillos (Sevilla) has just declared itself ‘not viable’ as it is unable to operate owing 70 million euros.
Eyes Plucked Out
by Martin Myall •
A patient in a psychiatric ward attacked a fellow patient and gouged his eyes out. Well, it doesn’t come much more gruesome than that! This incident occurred in the Area Psiquiatría of the Clínico de Málaga.
Illegal Car Purchase
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional arrested a 35-year-old man in Granada for purchasing a car worth 23,000 euros using somebody else’s Identity.
Policeman Fines Mayor
by Martin Myall •
The socialist Mayor of La Linea in Cádiz, Gemma Araujo, has begun disciplinary action against a municipal policeman who gave her a parking fine.
Improbable Speeding
by Martin Myall •
A van driver has been acquitted of a dangerous driving charge; not because his excuse was accepted, but because the judge found 187 kph to be too ambitious, given the type of vehicle.
Not Recommended
by Martin Myall •
A 34-year-old man had part of his scrotum ripped off on a barbed-wire fence – his penis didn’t have a lot to chuckle about, either.
Child with Cigarette Burns
by Martin Myall •
A couple has been arrested after it was found that their 11-year-old daughter had 200 cigarette burns on her body.
The Rubbish Wars
by Martin Myall •
Even as Granada groaned under the weight of 4,000 tonnes of accumulated rubbish, two other Andalusian cities were going through the same calvary: Loja and Sevilla.
Homeless Man Ejected From Airport
by Martin Myall •
A judge has served a court order on a homeless man, who has lived in a Malaga Airport terminal for the last two years, forbidding him from entering again.