The Catalonian regional police, Los Mossos d’Esquadra, launched an anti-jihadist operation in Barcelona at 04.30h on Tuesday the 18th resulting in twelve house searches and several arrests.
National
A satirical take on Spanish national news
Determined and Dastardly
by Martin Myall •
What some people will do to get out of a parking ticket is amazing, and in this particular case, spectacular.
Minors & Massages
by Hugh MacArthur •
he Provincial lawcourt for Palma has sentenced an masseur to pay a 2,430-euro fine, who provided an ‘erotic service’ for a 13-year-old lad.
Ferry vs. Seawall
by Martin Myall •
A ferry ploughed into a seawall of the Nelson Mandela dock in the Puerto de la Luz in the Las Palmas of the Canary Islands on the afternoon of Friday the 21st.
Unreasonable Boss?
by Martin Myall •
On the 8th of March, El Día de la Mujer, a Guardia Civil policewoman had to leave her post for ten minutes because she suddenly started menstruating – it cost her dear.
Brit Arrested over Drugs
by Hugh MacArthur •
The police in Alicante rumbled a shipment of drugs coming through the Alicante-Elche Airport, consisting of a new kind of synthetic cannabis-based drug.
Employment Ruse
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Policía Nacional arrested the owner of an industrial laundry in Castellón for the illegal employment of a worker whom he didn’t even pay, let alone pay his Social Security.
False Cancer-Cure Drug
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Nacional on the Balearic Islands have arrested two universitiy professors at the UIB (Universidad de las Islas Baleares) for fraud involving a false medicine.
Yacht Blaze
by Vivienne Hughes •
Two consecutive fires on Sunday the 9th in a leisure port in Cataluña destroyed six moored craft. The incident took place in Port Fòrum in Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona).
Raped & Thrown from Car
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Nacional based in the North-African, Spanish city of Ceuta are looking for two young men who had allegedly thrown a woman from their moving car.