The Flying Squad: cop AWOL

A SENIOR policeman has been suspended for five months after getting caught working as a pilot for Vueling.

The officer was employed from April to August 2020 while he was a Guardia Civil lieutenant stationed at Barcelona-El Prat Airport. It is believed he piloted over 30 commercial flights, mostly domestic, although he also flew to Milan and Paris. Guardia Civil officers and military person- nel are not allowed to have a second job, unless special permission is granted. He has been suspended for five months, while an investigation looks into the case in more detail, as he didn’t have permission to get another job. “There has been a sentence so we cannot make any further comments on the case,” a Guardia spokeswoman told the Olive Press this week.

BAD REACTION: Holidaymakers were covered in bites

While Jutta’s arm turned bright red in a sea of vicious bed bug bites, the back of Gary’s head became inflamed as dozens of the little critters had chewed up his scalp.

Gary and Jutta could not sleep at night due to the itching, while exposure to the sun caused the bites to flare up. And the medication they got from the pharmacy - which the hotel paid for - left them feeling drowsy.

“It all left us feeling tired, run down and exhausted,” Jutta told the Olive Press.

“We could not enjoy our holiday at all.” Jutta said: “The only lucky thing was that our daughters were not in that room, otherwise we could have taken one of them back in a coffin if she had had the same reaction as my husband did. She is disabled and immune suppressant due to a kidney transplant.” The hotel merely offered ‘a spa