Police operation, Capnella, carried out by the Guardia Civil and the Inland Revenue involved house searches in La Herradura and Almuñécar.
Tag Archive for Morocco
Immigrants Can’t Be Sent Back
by Hugh MacArthur •
One of the consequences of this present situation is that illegal immigrants picked up out to sea and brought to port, can’t be sent back.
Morocco Closes Ports to Spain
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Moroccan authorities have announced that they will suspend all travel between Spain and Morocco, including both sea links and flights.
Caught Just in Time
by Hugh MacArthur •
There is one very relieved, Italian sports-car owner thanks to the Guardia Civil preventing it from leaving Spain via Motril Port after having been stolen.
Big Costa Drugs Bust
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil in Almuñécar have arrested another 13 people in connection with the recent drugs bust involving an international drugs ring.
Farmers Block Port
by Martin Myall •
Around a hundred farmers blocked the main entrance to Motril Port in protest over a lack of control on imported agricultural produce from outside the EU.
A Score of Immigrants Perish
by Vivienne Hughes •
A few days ago 22 immigrants lost their lives attempting to cross to Spain in an open boat after it began drifting. The survivors were picked up by a passing ferry.
Andalusia Seeks Migration Help
by David Darby •
Motril has received record numbers of migrants this year already and we’re only in September. This human tragedy was brought into sharp focus yesterday as the Motril Town Hall arranged the burial of the five migrants, four men and one woman, who lost their lives at sea after their inflatable boat was sank.
Immigrants Land on Castell Beach
by Vivienne Hughes •
Eleven illegal immigrants from North-West Africa were detained after having reached a beach within the municipality of Castell de Ferro.
A Panda of Pandas
by Martin Myall •
The Panda Raid 2018 rolled into Motril port on Saturday and caught the ferry for Nador… What is the Panda Raid? A horde of Fiat/Seat Pandas!