The Guardia Civil posts at Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have melted down just over 6,000 weapons.
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US Fugitive Arrested
by Hugh MacArthur •
An American citizen on the run was arrested in Guargacho (Tenerife), as part of a joint police operation (Operación Nkorina) with the FBI.
German Father Arrested
by Martin Myall •
The statement by a German man in Tenerife that his wife and children had disappeared was blown apart by the account given by his 5-year-old son.
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.
Illegal Dog Fights Busted
by Martin Myall •
A huge police operation in Madrid, Alicante, Murcia and Tenerife has cracked an illegal, dog-fighting ring and rescued a total of 230 dogs.
Beach Crash Landing
by Vivienne Hughes •
A light plane crash landed on a beach in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The three people, a foreign family, aboard survived with only non-life-threatening injuries.
Dodgy Internet Purchase
by Hugh MacArthur •
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in Badajoz after selling a stolen camera lens to a policeman via the Internet.
Dr. Hawking’s Stalker Arrested
by Martin Myall •
This morning saw the hearing of an American woman accused of sending death threats to British scientist Stephen Hawkings in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Block of Holiday Flats Collapse
by Martin Myall •
A block of holiday flats in the Los Cristianos area of Tenerife, Canary Islands, collapsed this morning around 09.30h.
Starved Mother to Death?
by Vivienne Hughes •
A man in Tenerife is charged with having let his own mother starve to death on her sick bed.