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Issue 119
See page 34 COSTA CALIDA 232 people landed in Cartagena in 2014
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6 - 12 febRUARY 2015
LAST YEAR, 2014, 232 people reached Cartagena by boat, mainly from the Algerian province of Mostaganem p8
Mazarrón’s video success LAST WEEK’S tourism fair FITUR 2015 in Madrid, is the largest of its kind in Spain p20
Jobs in the vegetable garden FROM NOW on the days become longer and there will be plenty to do in the vegetable garden p25
Showbiz Goss Find out all the celebrity gossip with Peter Taylor p38
Almost half a ton of cocaine was seized in Pilar de la Horadada this week
Pilar de la Horadada drug yacht by Keith Nicol PLEASURE SAILING took on an entirely new meaning on Monday when Guardia Civil intercepted a sailboat with half a ton of cocaine in Pilar de la Horadada. Two people, a father (70) and son (43), have been arrested and the operation is still open, so further arrests are not ruled out.
A Guardia Civil spokesman said that 465 kilos of cocaine were seized, with a street value on the illicit market that could have exceeded 16 million euros. The government delegate in Valencia, Serafin Castilian, along with commanders of the Guardia Civil, displayed the seized drugs which were put on display in an armed and protected location in Alicante, for
the press. The events date back to the afternoon of January 28th, when the Guardia Civil became aware of strange movements taking place on board a boat off the port of Torre de la Horadada, in the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada, raising the suspicions of the agents. Continued on page 8