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GIBRALTAR
Vol. 5 Issue 155
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August 25th - September 7th 2021
DON’T WAVE THIS AWAY!
Prize catch
CHASE: The drugs boat By Katherine Brook
MORE than £13 million pounds worth of cannabis was seized in a dramatic high speed sea chase off Gibraltar The snatch came after a suspicious semi-inflatable (RHIB) was spotted by the RGP near Emerson’s Place. The police soon had two vessels following it out to sea, where officers soon spotted dozens of bales of marijuana being tossed overboard. Customs vessel HMC Searcher eventually intercepted the RHIB in a high speed pursuit, and rammed into the side of the boat, causing significant damage.
Control
DISASTER: Malaga could be struck by a giant wave should an earthquake strike in the Alboran Sea
Giant 6m tsunami could hit Gibraltar in just 30 minutes, warn scientists DENSELY populated parts of the Mediterranean coast could be devastated by a massive six-metre tsunami. According to a recent study thousands of homes could be destroyed and countless lives put at risk with little to no warning should a major quake hit the Averroes fault in the Alboran Sea, which lies beneath the Med between Spain and Morocco. The dan-
ger has long been known, but the new report by the Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC) insists the devastation caused could be even worse than previously thought.
Detection
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Eventually, officers managed to board the boat and took control. They arrested four occupants and found stacks of cannabis resin on board. In total, 65 bales were seized (2.6 tonnes), which is thought to have a street value of around £13 million. The Spanish men have all been remanded in custody. “The magnificent work of the RGP and HM Customs has dealt a huge blow to the drug traffickers,” said Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. “Gibraltar stands against every aspect of this nefarious trade and our brilliant law enforcement agencies are doing great work in stopping these criminals. “The good people of Gibraltar deplore this illicit activity.”
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DEVASTATION: Official map shows danger areas
clear low-lying areas in time. Ferran Estrada, a geologist from the team said: “These giant waves can pose a threat to coastal populations and damage landbased infrastructure. “They can cause a huge economic and environmental crisis. “It is essential to improve warning measures to mitigate the impact of a possible tsunami.” He said the Averroes fault has, at its northwest end, a vertical drop of up to 5.4 metres that could generate a magnitude 7 earthquake. "We have studied the activity
of the fault going back 124,000 years and, according to historical records, the last major earthquake caused by this fracture may have been in 365 AD.”
Miraculous
The last major tsunami to hit Spain was in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake which left the Portuguese capital devastated. A tsunami flooded the Andalucian cities of Huelva and Cadiz, which were described as ‘miraculously surviving’ despite several deaths.