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projects is The aim of the various critical help rectify the territory’s land while Gib remains defiant toshortage of housing. opposition to reclaiming this ensure that new ITH land at a pre- Spain reiterates rock be- “Projects like to Gibralthe waters surrounding the mium, the Gibraltar companies wishing to move for themwith its €300 million Vic- long to them. accommodation government has been will include 100 homes, 400 moorings pushed on development. Treaty of tar can get their workers,” said Chief As part of the Utrecht pinning its hopes on for small boats and a car park. The toria Keys Keys development is 1713, Spain claims that it only applied selves andFabian Picardo at the time. desmarina with The Victoria to reclaim re- Minister reclamation schemes to provide project will also include a also offers centered around a plan the land, and that the waters “And most importantly, it perately needed building plots. across space for mega-yachts and a high-end 130,000 square metres of land using to property, with Spain’s more houses to local residents, a deon the main Spanish GonThis has not gone unnoticedgovern- property development. and construction waste proven to be insatiable then Foreign Minister Arancha raised in the Spanish soil side of the territory. the border, with the Spanish to say that mand that has reof a string Questions were zalez Laya going as far as of For- east the popularity of the most ment consistently critical parliament, with the Ministryand Coop- The new plot will house more than the treaty only applied to certain ar- givenprivate developments.” cent plus nuEuropean Union of building projects. howev1,500 apartments and homes issue once eign Affairs, of Gibraltar. and Pedro Sanchez’s government Earlier this month the time over eration reiterating its ‘opposition to any merous commercial units and poten- eas and has However, Gibraltar disagrees, er has condemned the plans, again came to the fore, this This will landfill, construction or any other type tially a hotel. government, necBritish means the legal with vowed to use ‘any the Cape Vantage project. and dates of operation on areas not ceded by Arti- Gibraltar’s decision to restart the along the development that it owns both the land of 1713’. halted by the it claimssurrounding waters, leaving essary’ to prevent see a ‘tourist development’ cle X of the Treaty of Utrecht re- project, previously the and the going ahead. all the way back to 2012. will manage But the Gibraltar government has COVID-19 pandemic, angered to develop at will. TNT Global Foundation reclaimed mained defiant. Last year it dismissed Spanish government as they believe it free the scheme on land that was ago and Spanish government concerns and from the sea several years
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Police snare one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives walking the dog IT seemed like the most innocuous stroll with his dog. But Josh Hendry’s evening constitutional turned into one of the most exciting police arrests in recent Costa history. For most likely unbeknown to him, the 30-year-old Marbella resident had only just been named as one of Britain’s Most Wanted fugitives. In one of the fastest Crimestoppers foreign arrests in history, drug smuggler Hendry was picked up in San Pedro de Alcantara strolling with his dog. Wearing an olive green tracksuit, he was recognised by an eagle-eyed off-duty policeman, who had watched the nationwide appeal for 12 wanted British felons just the day before. Joshua Dillon Hendry, 30, had been on the run for three years, after being convicted of trafficking drugs including heroin and cocaine. Hendry, from Liverpool, had gone on the run just days before his trial at Grimsby Crown Court in March 2019. The court heard how ‘the Big Guy’,
as he was known, had taken a flight to Barcelona before he could face the music. He was one of the scheming masterminds behind a big drugs conspiracy to send €1.5 million of drugs to Grimsby. Alongside his mother and a brother they had been the criminal family who targeted the seaside town for rich pickings. On his departure, an international arrest warrant went out for his capure, with police knowing he was most likely living in the Estepona area where he had friends. Last week his face was plastered over the national news networks alongside Britain’s other Most Wanted, as sought by the National Crime Agency. Of the 11 felons left, four of them are believed to be living in the Costa del Sol, with the trio of Calum Allan, Jack Mayle and Nana Oppong linked to Marbella and Asim Naveed believed to be in Malaga. Tom Dowdall, NCA Deputy Director of International, said: “This is a rapid result and it’s testimony to the power these appeals can have.
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Mark-up row THE Gibraltar government was pushed to reveal details of the Rock’s procurement of Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) after rumours circulated that it was profiting from a mark up. Unlike in many countries, including the UK and Spain, LFTs are not sold over the counter for use at home but are offered under supervision by pharmacies on the Rock, with some putting on a price tag as high as £30. Opposition party Together Gibraltar suggested the Gibraltar Health Authority ‘could well be making profits in the region of a 100% mark up.” Chief Minister Fabian Picardo responded to the slurs branding them a ‘completely untrue allegation’ and ‘completely false nonsense’.
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LED AWAY: Hendry arrested, while (inset) 12 felons in the appeal “Whether it’s using tip-offs from the Only 10 of those on the list still public, sharing intelligence or de- evade justice. A further 11 will now ploying specialist capabilities, UK be keeping a slightly lower profile. law enforcement and our Spanish partners are working as one to trace If you know any of these men and arrest the other 11 fugitives. email newsdesk@theolive“Those men will know now that press.es or call 951 273 575 we’re after them. They can live their lives anxiously looking over their shoulders and wondering Hendry is not the quickest arrest in Crimestoppers if today’s the day Most Wanted history. they get caught or The Olive Press helped snare wan ted paedophile do the right thing Dominic Powell in Fuengirola in just and hand themOctober 2011 after we received a five hours in tip off from a selves in.” reader. A total of 86 BritEarlier, in December 2008, we track ish fugitives have other of Britain’s Most Wanted Dan ed down anbeen snared under his lair in the inland village of Prun iel Johnston to the UK’s Operation We sent photos of the bank robber a. Captura initiative in an England shirt to Scotland Yardwalking around . launched in 2006.
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“This lie is designed to make people lose confidence. We continue to provide thousands of free tests.” But Together Gibraltar called for transparency and questioned why pharmacies can only buy LFTs from the GHA (Gibraltar health authority) at a cost of £5.40 almost double the €2.94 price cap over the border in Spain. Marlene Hassan Nahon, the leader of TG insisted: “The public deserves full transparency on the mystery of this great mark up on lateral flow tests and why they are not subjected to the same anti-profiteering rules as other COVID-related items.” On Monday No.6 Convent Place issued a statement dismissing claims of profiteering with the reminder that tests are provided free of charge at the Midtown drive-through. It also revealed the procurement process explaining that ‘the GHA purchased the majority of LFTs at a cost of £5.40 per test from a commercial pharmacist in La Linea and sells them to permit-holding pharmacies and clinics at cost price.’