It doesn’t matter if its mid winter with the Sierra Nevada covered in snow, or the height of summer, the Guardia Civil, mountain rescue service, GREIM, are called out almost every weekend throughout the year.
Fire personnel based in Cádiar were called out to confirm that two cars that had been swept down the Río Chico in Órgiva on Wednesday had nobody in them.
You might well have heard of the punch up in, Tablones (Órgiva) just over a week ago between local clans which ended with two officers getting beaten with clubs.
An off-duty policeman from the Guardia Civil called for support from municipal police officers to arrest a man with a bow in Los Tablones.
A fire is being tackled at the moment in the area of the hamlet, Gelibia.
Infoca was busy yesterday tackling a fire in the Órgiva area of the Alpujarras, which affected meadows and other riverside vegetation.
From the 1st of June until the 15th of October the fire restrictions etc in the countryside are in force.
The Mayor of Motril, Flor Almón, was involved in a car accident today, the 27th, on the Puntalón road.
A Molvízar man reported that somebody was growing cannabis sativa in a barranco on his land in Tablones, Motril. He was later arrested. Why? Read on…
Hundreds of locals and visitors turned out for the village fiestas of Los Tablones in honour of San Antonio de Padua on the 5th, 6th & 7th of September.