The Policía Nacional has fined a 36-year-old man for being the recipient of a postal package containing pistachios, stuffed with compressed marihuana.
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
Magic Festival in Granada
by Louise Powell •
The Granada International Magic Festival, Hocus Pocus, will be celebrating its 15th birthday from the 19th of November.
Missing German Teen Found
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil in Granada found a 15-year-old German girl who had gone missing from a home for minors in Gauting, (Bavaria) in July.
Maracena’s DNA Poop Snoop
by Martin Myall •
There has long been talk about it but the town of Maracena (outskirts of Granada) has finally decided to register pet DNA and then sample street droppings.
Nudity in the Cemetery
by Hugh MacArthur •
The good folk of Granada who had gone to the municipal cemetery, San Jose, were surprised to be confronted by a completely naked man wandering around.
Granada Jazz Festival
by Louise Powell •
From the 3rd to the 12th of November, Granada will hold its XXXVII Festival Internacional de Jazz in the Teatro Isabel la Católica.
Woman Found Dead in Granada
by David Darby •
The woman was found on Saturday night after a call from a man on the 112 emergency services line, saying that he had found the woman dead on the floor of the premises in Veronica de la Magdalena in the centre of Granada.
Granada Protest March
by Vivienne Hughes •
A Huge crowd gathered in central Granada on Sunday the 16th to protest over the state of the capital’s hospitals. According to official figures the crowd numbered 40,000 protestors.
Lost, Found & Arrested
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional arrested a 33-year-old man for possession of drugs – not so unusual in itself, but in this specific case, it certainly was.
Lorry Knocks Over Guardia
by Martin Myall •
A Guardia Civil policeman was injured, suffering multiple fractures after he was hit by a lorry as he stood on the hard shoulder.