
Frigiliana/Nerja received the unwelcome attention of the light-fingered during the village multicultural fiestas, with cortijos and chalets being targeted.
The Policía Local in Motril trapped a burglar inside a bar that he was in the process of doing over on Wednesday.
Six people were arrested for allegedly embezzling 9,700 euros from an elderly man, even going so far as to threaten his life. The six men, all from different villages around the Alpujarra, are aged between 21 and 40.