ISSUE NO. 1408
28 JUNE - 4 JULY 2012
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Gang of six Britons arrested in Magaluf SIX Britons have been arrested on extortion and drug charges, and using threatening behaviour. Two of the accused have been remanded to prison after testifying.
They were arrested after officers received word that some workers in the recreational area of Magaluf were being threatened
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by a group of English people. After being identified by the people who reported them, they were arrested. The gang allegedly used threats of physical violence to try and get establishments to buy drugs from them to sell to their customers. At the time of the arrest officers seized knives which the detainees allegedly used, along with 34 ecstasy pills, 1.5 grams of cocaine and €340 in small bills. Then, €1,000 in cash, three baseball bats, two knives, a machete and a mask were removed from a hotel room. Investigations remain open and further arrests have not been not ruled out.
Danny Burnard and Philip Hay with Allen Graham and Anne Hellemans from the charity.
Home Mallorca supplies bedding to charity DANNY BURNARD and Philip Hay, the owners of the bedding company, Home Mallorca, visited the Cas Catala branch of the Allen Graham Charity for Kidz recently. “When we supply new bedding to houses or property managers or even yachts, we offer a service to
take away the old bedding that we are replacing to dispose of it,” said Philip. “It’s frequently of a really high quality and we didn’t want it to go to waste so throughout the year we will be making regular donations to the Allen Graham Charity.”
2 tourists beaten up TWO tourists were brutally beaten in Platja de Palma in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 28-year-old German citizen and his companion were walking along the road when some men called out to them ‘Turkish pieces of sh*t’ and began to hit them, according to the victim’s statement. Their attackers were dressed in black. A witness was able to record the ‘brutal attack’ on a mobile phone. It shows how one of the victims lost consciousness during the beating.
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No love from Russia A 54-YEAR-OLD Russian tourist was arrested on Sunday for allegedly hitting his wife in Muro. He later turned up at Son Espases Hospital in Palma de Mallorca and tried to take her out by force.
Closed down FOUR businesses were closed in 15 days by Sa Pobla Town Hall. Two of them did not have permission to carry out their activity and the other two did not comply with health and safety regulations.
Going for gold EIGHT disabled athletes from Mallorca have been pre-selected to represent the Balearics in the Paralympic Games in London this year. There will be more than 4,200 athletes from 164 countries participating for more than 500 medals.
Leading bank CAIXABANK is the leading bank in the Balearics after absorbing Banca Civica, which has more than 13 million clients in Spain, Spanish newspaper Diario de Mallorca reported.