Four arrested in Orihuela Costa and San Miguel for sending drugs to Ireland

The Civil Guard has arrested 4 people in San Miguel de Salinas and Orihuela Costa who are alleged to be members of a gang based in La Vega Baja that was sending parcels full of marijuana to Ireland

One of the men arrested was picked up after he fled from a Guardia Civil patrol at a petrol station in the Madrid municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid where he abandoned four suitcases with 54 kilos of marijuana. Rather ironically, the officers had only stopped to admonish him for using a mobile phone while he was filling up his vehicle.

In addition to exporting drugs to Ireland, they also sold in the municipalities in which they lived and where they were subsequently arrested. The ringleader is the only one of the four detainees who was denied bail and remains in detention after being handed over to the Investigating Court number 2 of Torrevieja.

"Operation Topila" was launched last February following the seizure of more than two kilograms of marijuana at the Barajas airport in two postal packages sent from Orihuela Costa and San Miguel de Salinas.

Customs officers detected the suspicious packages destined for Ireland and the Judicial Police teams of Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja began to take steps to identify those responsible for the shipments.

While the investigations were progressing, another drug shipment was intercepted at the airport. A British citizen, and a Romanian woman who was helping, both from Orihuela Costa were identified. Both also had police records for other crimes, according to the Civil Guard.

In March there was an incident at a petrol station in the town of Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid) where a Civil Guard patrol was preparing to talk to a man who was using his mobile phone despite being prohibited to do so. Believing that he was about to be arrested the man fled, jumping several over fences on to high speed train tracks before disappearing.

The fugitive left his vehicle, inside

Alicante to Santa Pola Half Marathon Scheduled for November

Club AtlÈtico Montemar, organiser of the Gran Carrera del Mediterr·neo, has obtained approval for from the Real FederaciÛn EspaÒola de Atletismo (RFEA) for the fifth edition of the race, which will take place on Sunday, November 12, 2023, to be elevated to the international stage.

The race, which goes from Alicante to Santa Pola along the entire coast, hopes to bring together 3,000 runners, of whom 25% will, hopefully, foreigners.

Montemar hopes that the test will serve to bring sports tourism to the province, which can spend the night in hotels in Alicante, but also in Santa Pola, since participants are offered a transportation service.

On the other hand, taking into account the environment of the race, which crosses a coastal area with six blue flags, which the agents found four suitcases with 54 kilograms of marijuana. from the point of view of sustainability and with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint, in the next edition it will do without paper as much as possible. The runners will have QR codes for the delivery of the bib number and the runner's bag. People with disabilities will also be taken into account and different categories will be established for them.

Investigators found the man hiding at his home in San Miguel de Salinas, alongside two accomplices. The house was heavily protected, "with security cameras and three dogs, all classified as potentially dangerous," says the Guardia Civil.

The operation was completed on May 18 and 22 with two house searches in San Miguel de Salinas and Orihuela Costa and the arrest of all the members of the gang, three British men and a Romanian woman, aged between 23 and 33 years.

All were charged with crimes against public health for drug trafficking, disobedience to law enforcement officers and belonging to a criminal group. Officers confiscated more than 60 kilograms of marijuana buds, together with a short weapon, 490 euros in bills of various values, instruments for weighing, packaging and producing hashish oil, documentation, terminals and mobile telephony.

First the pandemic forced the ship to remain anchored for months in the Peruvian port of Callao, and now the encounter with the typhoon 'Mawar' has resulted in its loss.

The sailboat has been missing since early Thursday morning, when super typhoon 'Mawar' reached the island of Guam, in the Pacific Ocean. Given the weather forecasts, Captain Sola decided to remain on the island of Guam, thanks to which he has managed to save the crew, but the shipwreck could not be avoided.

On the hurricane danger scale, the 'Mawar' is at level 4, when the maximum is 5. Its passage through the island of Guam has caused enormous damage and devastated inland areas, although there have been no casualties.

The ship received a typhoon warning on Monday the 22nd, when she was anchored in the port of Apra, in Guam, where she had arrived on May 16 from the Solomon Islands. Given the weather warnings, the captain spoke with the port authorities to anchor the ship with special security measures and take refuge in a residence on the island while they waited for the ' Mawar' to move away so they could continue circumnavigating the globe.

During Wednesday, the fury of the super typhoon reached the port.

At dawn on Thursday, the captain and the sailors arrived at the port to find that the sailboat had disappeared. The port authorities and the United States Coast Guard told him that no trace of the ship had been detected. "The sailboat has not been found and we fear the worst," said the spokesperson for the association.

After several attempts and contacts on Sunday with Pepe Sola, he said that "the situation here is chaotic. The US Coast Guard continues to search for the ship, so far without success. We are fine. At the moment we are still here, trying to locate the ship. The airports are closed until June 6”, he added.

El Partido De Las Nacionalidades Power Shift In San Fulgencio

In one of the first government pacts to be agreed following the municipal elections, José Ballester will be the new mayor of San Fulgencio, after agreeing to govern in coalition with the PIPN

The Partido Popular (5 seats) and El Partido de las Nacionalidades (PIPN – 2 seats) have reached agreement in record time. The lawyer and local policeman who heads the PP list, José María Ballester, will be the new mayor of San Fulgencio. The agreement between the two party’s was formalised on Saturday between Ballester and the PIPN leader Charo Mejías. The PIPN’s two councillors, Mejías and Alain Franz Vanderbergen, of Belgian origin, will assume responsibility for Urban Planning, Works and Services, Parks and Gardens and Finance, roles that will guarantee the management of basic services, those which are of most concern to the residents of the urbanizations.

San Fulgencio is a municipali- ty of 9,000 people with one of the highest proportions of foreign residents in the country: more than 65% of those registered. The demographic composition also has a high presence of the population over 65 and retired.

The pact leaves members of the largest voted party, the PSOE (6 seats), led by José Sampere, in opposition, along with his councillors Francisco Molero, Samantha Hull, Ana María Villena, Darren Parmenter and Alfredo Villanueva.

The new council will be made up of José María Ballester Sansano, mayor, Sara Nolasco Aldeguer, Paulino Herrero Cifuentes, Laura Bernabé Menárguez and Beatriz Hidalgo of the PP, along with the 2 PIPN councillors Charo Mejías and Alain Franz Vanderbergen.

San Fulgencio Burger King is Recruiting

If you live in San Fulgencio (it is a requirement to be close), and fancy a change in career, Burger King are currently recruiting delivery riders for their moped crew.

You have to know how to ride a moped, and have a licence, but they offer “Competitive incentives for distribution”, “Base salary + fees”, and a “Company motorcycle”, for a 50 hour per week contract.

If you don’t live in San Fulgencio, they are also recruiting in other areas around the Valencia region, including Quesada, Pilar de la Horadada, and Torrevieja, so pop in and ask. What have you got to lose?