Police Operation Cortijeros resulted in four arrests in connection with 18 break-ins around Nerja, Frigiliana and Torrox.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Axarquia Mayor Found Dead
by Vivienne Hughes •
Salvador Fernández Marín, the Mayor of El Borge in the Axarquía (Málaga), was found dead on his family’s farm, hanging from a tree.
Nerja’s New Consul
by Hugh MacArthur •
Nerja has a new Consul: Honorary Consul to Spain for Westarctica, Dr. Joachim Michael Adlfinger. There’s a country at the South Pole, you ask; well, sort of.
Woman Drowns Crossing River
by Martin Myall •
A woman was swept away and drowned in Vélez-Málaga last night when she tried to ford a small river on foot.
Brit Boy Drowns in Nerja
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 5-year-old British boy drowned in a private swimming pool belonging to a tourist residency in Nerja on Tuesday. The family had been spending their holidays there.
Nerja Hit by Cloud Burst
by Vivienne Hughes •
A cloudburst over Nerja yesterday afternoon saturated the town in less than a quarter of an hour. The heavy rain was accompanied by hailstones.
New Torrox Speed Camera
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Torrox has gleefuly made it known that they have installed a speed camera at the entrance to the town, however, there’s no need to panic quite yet.
Suicide on N-340 Bridge?
by Hugh MacArthur •
The body of a woman was found in Maro, between the Eagle (Larios) aqueduct monument and the N-340 bridge on Tuesday the 28th.
Quarry Machinery Affair
by Vivienne Hughes •
After 18 years of wrangling between the Nerja Town Hall and the company that ran an old quarry, an agreement will see rusting machinery finally removed from the site.
Pedalo Police Rescue
by Hugh MacArthur •
A middle-aged man had to be rescued after being found clinging to a buoy in the middle of the night off a Torre del Mar beach.