Threatening to shoot planes

AS reported by the National Police, a 46‐year‐old woman was arrested in Malaga on suspicion of an alleged crime of public disorder. The de‐tainee allegedly telephoned the Aena security department at the Costa del Sol‐Malaga airport threatening to shoot down planes if air traffic did not cease.

Aena immediately informed the police force about an al‐ leged threat that had been made against the facility. Ap‐parently, the caller claimed to have enough firepower to take down the planes and warned that if air traffic in the area did not cease, she would start shooting them down.

The incident occurred on April 3 at 11am at which point a Level 4 anti‐terrorist alert was initiated. Malaga Airport police were placed on high

A New project

THE government team of Marbella have now approved in the Local Board to initiate the plan to allocate more than 100,000 square metres to educational and commercial facilities in Bello Horizonte. The area, which is located east of Marbella, will include green areas, cafes, super‐markets, and pharmacies among others.

The mayor of Marbella María Angeles Muñoz said “Having supermarkets, a pharmacy, cafes, and green areas is something that was required and highly demanded by the residents.” They plan to have the work completed and available to the public by 2024. The facilities will be locat‐ed on land that needs to be transferred in ad‐vance by three different owners. The mayor is certain that this will happen without issues and the work can then commence.

alert, along with the Provincial Information Brigade, as report‐ed by a news source.

After several enquiries, po‐lice officers managed to fully identify the person who made the call and the threats. She was located and arrested a few hours later as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of pub‐lic disorder, and the appropri‐ate police proceedings were instituted.

Sample trips

CONTINUING to encourage promotion of the Costa del Sol as a fantastic visitor destination, Turismo Costa del Sol arranged several famil‐iarisation trips for travel agents, writers and influencers to sample the local delights.

In the year that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, they were tak‐en to the Picasso Museum and toured Mala‐ga City whilst learning more about the histori‐cal and artistic heritage of Antequera up close, as well as the Caminito del Rey.

Starting in June, United Airlines will link Malaga and New York with three weekly flights in each direction and in order to pro‐mote this route, the airline is carrying out var‐ious promotional actions to encourage Amer‐ican travellers to visit the Costa del Sol.