Motril

News, views and information from Motril

A Sea Rescue Easter

Salvamento Marítimo rescued 52 people, 11 of whom were women, all cramped into a zodiac-type dingy 36 miles of the coast of Granada on Good Friday. It was to be a busy Easter weekend.

Motril House Fire

There was a house fire in Motril around the beginning of the month on Calle Inclán, which is in the north of the town. Two men and a woman were treated for smoke poisoning.

Hope for Los Moriscos

The Motril Town Hall has until the 26th of June to save the local golf course from losing eight of its holes, which is when Hacienda will confiscate them over a tax debt.

Arms and Drugs Bust

The Policía Nacional in Motril have arrested six men, age between 21 and 53, over a cannabis plantation on a cortijo on the outskirts of Motril.