Beach recycling promoted

KEEPING beaches clean is a priority for every town. In order to encourage members of the public to help keep them tidy, the ‘Recycle for ConserMar’ has been reintroduced for the second time this year on 18 beaches of the Costa Blanca. The campaign aims to promote the collection of discarded recyclable items in the vicinity of beaches (cans, cartons, plastic packaging), and draw public attention to littering.

The campaign also strives to encourage people to separate recycling properly, and use the appropriate containers when depositing rubbish.

The campaign is in its second stage. The first took place in April, when the towns of Alboraya, El Campello and Benicassim took part. The current campaign has 18 participants from the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valen- cia and will run until Monday July 24.

The initiative pursues ‘face-to-face’ interaction with the public, who will be able to visit a dedicated stall located in front of symbolic beaches of the town agreed with the participating municipalities.

At these information points, visitors will be informed of the benefits of recycling, and helping the environment.

In addition, they will be given help and advice regarding the correct separation of recyclable products. This in turn should resolve any doubts about which container certain items should be deposited in.

Benidorm suitcase contained marihuana

THE Guardia Civil arrested a 28-year-old Romanian man in Benidorm, who attempted to send more than five kilogrammes of marihuana hidden in a suitcase to his country of origin through a transport company.

The drug was discovered on June 11 during a preventive security check in l’Alfàs del Pi. The suitcase was discovered during a routine check using a drug detection dog on a vehicle belonging to an international transport company.

The dog indicated at the suitcase, which was found to contain 12 packages of vacuum-packed marihua - na. In total, the packages weighed more than five kilogrammes.

The suitcase was destined for Romania and the Guardia Civil took steps to identify and locate the originator of the shipment. They found he did not have an address in Spain, but was staying in a hostel in Benidorm where he was subsequently arrested for drug trafficking.

The investigators located the young man on June 15 and after arresting him, they searched his room in the hostel where he was staying and seized €3,800 in cash, material for packaging and distributing the drug, and a suitcase with the same characteristics as the intercepted one that had been full of drugs.

The arrested man was released by the court awaiting a trial date, and his passport was confiscated.

Fishermen plan centenary celebrations

CALPE F ishermen’s Guild will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024.

To celebrate the centenary, the town hall and the fishermen have already started to plan a programme of activities which will last throughout the year.

Among the proposals are requesting the printing of commemorative ONCE (lottery) tickets, and resuming the project of installing a sculpture at the access point of Calpe port.

The mayor, Ana Sala, promised her commitment and support to the seafaring collective.