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Tenerife arrests after massive jewellery heists
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WARNING AS POLICE CRACKDOWN ON AIRPORT LIFTS
“A SCOURGE”, SAYS COUNCIL
OLICE have arrested eight people, including four in Tenerife, for masterminding a massive jewellery heist all over Spain.
In one incident in Arona, they got away with more than 280,000 euros worth of jewellery and diamonds. Their mode of operation was to use a high-powered blowtorch which would melt metal and allow them to force their way into premises. This almost always succeeded, except in the case of one thwarted raid on a nightclub in Arona where the security was just too good to break through. Police knew from their investigations of the Arona jewellery shop raid that the gang was a professional one but even they were stunned by the widespread nature of the operation. Four of the eight people arrested were caught redhanded as they tried to carry out another raid in Murcia.
Just 24 hours later, officers raided various homes in Tenerife and arrested another four people, a Canadian citizen, two Spaniards and another Uruguayan, all living in the south of the island. Other properties were searched in Valencia and Alicante where numerous industrial tools used in the robberies were found, together with cash, computers, mobile phones and cash. One and a half tons of cocaine was also seized. The jewellery shop raid in Arona happened earlier this year and it was found that the gang had branches in Valencia, Alicante, Elche, Murcia, Valladolid, Ibiza, Mallorca, Granada Malaga and Tenerife. Police say the investigation remains open and they do not rule out further arrests.
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RANADILLA council has put out a warning in association with the local police: Watch out, we are clamping down on illegal airport lifts! The authority has announced the start of a special plan to combat what they describe as a “scourge” that affects public transport at Tenerife’s south airport. They have also warned that this action is to become permanent with effect from this month of October and those
Hunter dies when struck by rocks
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OLICE are investigating an unfortunate hunting fatality on Gran Canaria.
They believe a 75-year-old man who was out in a barranco in the municipality of Ingenio was struck by a falling rock and died of his injuries. He was discovered with head and chest injuries after the emergency services were called out just after 10am in the morning. It is understood the man was walking down the ravine when rocks became loose. Because of the difficulty of the terrain, the police helicopter had to be called in and the victim was airlifted to hospital. However, his life could not be saved.
breaching the rules will be dealt with by the police. Councillor for transport and safety, Nicolás Jorge Hernández said the crackdown had been taking place for several months in and around the airport. These efforts had been intensified on the busiest days at the south airport namely Tuesdays and Fridays. “The operation carried out
by a group of local police will be permanent as of October,” he confirmed. Granadilla council says the action mainly responds to a long-standing demand by taxi drivers who say illegal airport lifts have affected their livelihoods and that of their families. They were also determined that the visitor to Tenerife should receive the best possible service, the best image, safety and legality of the rates. Sr. Hernández said the airport was the gateway to the island and the regulation of the
transport service had to be a key issue. Local police chief head, Jesús Flores said the checks had already been a success with the most recent case being the intervention of a van operated by two Russians as illegal passenger transport. Both the driver and his assistant were arrested because they did not have the proper authorisations and their vehice was impounded.