The Guardia Civil have praised the beach users who helped trap two drug runners on Playa Melicena as they tried to elude capture by the police.
Police Praise Citizen Help
by Vivienne Hughes •
East Coast
Costa Tropical east of Motril
Arrested for Sexual Aggression
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 22-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, accused of committing an act of sexual agression against a woman of his same age in Carchuna.
Narcos Nabbed by Bathers
by Martin Myall •
A Guardia Civil launch cornered and chased a narco launch onto a beach in Melicena and one of the drug runners was brought down by bathers on the beach.
Thieves Target Lifeguard Post
by Martin Myall •
Never has there been a more justified use of the rhetorical question, “is nothing sacred?” in the long history of the Seaside Gazette than over this break in.
Castell Chiringuito Break-In
by Vivienne Hughes •
An 18-year-old man was arrested, accused of breaking and entering a chiringuito on the playa de Castell de Ferro late last month.
Terrible Timing?
by Martin Myall •
Salobreña scored own goals when they shut a main road artery to prune palm trees and then started digging up the paseo, yet Calahonda’s guilty of bad timing, too.
Polluted Mamola Beach Closed
by Martin Myall •
Polopos Town Hall, which is responible for the coastal village of La Mamola decided to temporarily close the Playa de Castillo de Baños because of E-Coli in the seawater.
High-Gear Vaccine Programme
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Southern-Granada Health District to which Costa Tropical and La Alpujarra belong, has reached 45% of the population with a double dose.
Thieves Disguised as Tourists
by Hugh MacArthur •
A French couple in a camper van were arrested by the Guardia Civil in Castell de Ferro accused of breaking into parked vehicles.
Three Rescued off Castell
by Hugh MacArthur •
The maritime branch of the Guardia Civil rescued the three people in the sea off Castell de Ferro during the last weekend of June.