Last night saw several acts of vandalism with cars and hopper bins being destroyed by fire in different areas of Almuñécar.
Arson Spate in Almuñécar
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar
news and views from Almuñécar, Costa Tropical
100 Kilos of Coke
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil gleefully bagged a hundred kilos of cocaine on one of Almuñécar’s beaches and are now quite eager to find out who ‘lost’ it!
Almuñécar’s Big Brown Stain
by Martin Myall •
The sea at the eastern end of Playa San Cristóbal was brown yesterday instead of blue, but that’s natural; Rió Seco isn’t ‘seco’ at the moment but rather is busily flowing.
Grateful for The Rain
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar has registered over 80 litres of rainfall per square metre since the rains began last week, even more in the upper part of Valle Río Verde in Otívar and Jete (100L/sq/m).
Hands off The Anemones!
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar’s Policía Local nabbed two individuals on the Paseo de Velilla with five kilos of anemones (Anemonia viridis) and 1 kg of octupus.
Almuñécar Kindergarten Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
There was a small fire in a fuse box in a school building that required the presence of the Fire Department and the Policía Local yesterday morning.
Fire in Disused Discotheque
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar Fire Service and the Policía Local were called out to a fire just inside the entrance to the Ke discotheque (formerly El Caribe) on Avenida Costa del Sol.
Dolphin on Playa Chinagorda
by Hugh MacArthur •
It seems to be a monthly occurrence that a a dead dolphin is found on one of the Costa Tropical’s beaches; this time it was in Almuñécar
Turning A Blind Eye?
by Vivienne Hughes •
The PSOE Spokeswoman in Almuñécar, Rocío Palacios, warned Mayor Juan José Ruiz Joya, about the dumping of earth and stones next to the Maro-Cerro Gordo natural park.
Carnival Suspended in Almuñécar
by Louise Powell •
The Councilor for Fiestas, Alberto García Gilabert, announced that the official carnival activities scheduled for Saturday are either cancelled or postponed because of the rain for that day. There is also a cancellation in Nigüelas.