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Cannabis club
ALMERIA court has sentenced the president of the Association of Cannabis Users to three years in prison, and the manager of the premises to 12 months, finding that ‘pretending’ that the associative form ‘protected the free circulation of drugs’, they actually engaged in the sale and distribution of marihuana and hashish.
Tombs found
A TEAM from the University of Granada is carrying out the first archaeological investigations in the prehistoric tombs of Los Milanes, in Abla, which were discovered in the mid70s of the last century and are of the same type as those of Los Millares.
Nudist beach
VERA boasts of being the paradise of nudism in Europe, as evidenced every year by the beach of ‘El Playazo’ and although this practice is not uncommon in the rest of the Almeria coast it may actually be illegal or restricted depending on the location.
Mine looting
MINES in Almeria are being looted by looters in search of minerals to sell on the black market. This is the case of the El Descuido iron mine, in the Almeria municipality of Pechina, where a speleologist has found two secondary uranium minerals.
Almerian soil
FOUR years on and ‘Hispanos’ set to return to Almeria. The Spanish handball team led by Jordi Ribera will face Denmark on April 27 in a match corresponding to the EHF Euro Cup in a match to be played at Palacio de los Juegos Mediterraneo.
Bad paperwork
ALMERIA City Council has ordered the closure of two city catering businesses for not being legal, Dehesa Gastronomica and the cafe bar Kiosko Hammurabi.
THE Almeria Port Authority (APA) has created its own UAS flight operator (aircraft piloted by remote control), being the first public port body authorised to operate drones in the ports of Almeria and Carboneras.
The use of drones, as highlighted by the president of the APA, Rosario Soto, “represents a further step in the technology and commitment to innovation of the Port Authority.
“From now on it will have tools that will improve security in the port precincts and will implement the methods of combating marine pollu
