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Flying high THE three Blue Flags and three ‘Q’ for tourist quality are now flying over the award winning beaches of Playa Mar Rabiosa, Playa Mar Serena and Playa Calypso in San Juan de los Terreros (Pulpi).
Lucky ticket THE draw for the Lottery Primitava last Thursday left a second prize of €61,605 in Huercal-Overa.
Cup retained THE youngsters of UD Almeria retained the trophy in the second ‘Marmol Cup’ beating Guadix 2-1 in the final. The two day event held in Olula del Rio, included teams from Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.
New fleet THE Local Police in Almeria City are to renew their fleet of vehicles. Twelve new cars will be supplied and the contract is valued at €410,000.
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€500 fine for drinking water on the beach BY-LAWS to halt infamous ‘botellon’ street drinking parties have claimed five victims who were forced to pay fines totalling €500 after being caught drinking water. The youngsters, three boys and two girls, were in Mojacar celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of their grandparents with their family. Shortly before three o'clock in the early hours of Sunday morning the group decided to go out for a drink in the Mojacar nightclub Maui, next to the beach. As one of the group, Jose Antonio who was out with his girlfriend, a brother and two cousins related: “We left the car in the outdoor parking and as there was a queue we decided to wait for a bit and opened the boot to get out a large bottle of water to refresh us. “We were talking when two Local Police officers showed up and fined us
because they said we were having a ‘botellon’ (drinks party).” The two Local Police officers fined each member of the group €100 for violating the controversial ‘anti-botellon’ ordinance approved by Mojacar Town Hall last year. The ordinance states that a concentration of people who are consuming drink or doing other activities that endanger peaceful coexistence among citizens in outside areas can be fined.
What the legislation does not say is what kind of beverages are forbidden to be consumed, so the police can equally fine people for a gin and tonic as for a soda or a bottle of water. “And that's what happened to us,” claimed Jose Antonio. A few metres from the parking lot of the nightclub was a Guardia Civil control point where Jose Antonio, the driver, voluntarily requested a breathalyser test.
“I asked them to do me the favour of testing me. Of course, the test came out as 0.0, as I had not drunk any alcohol. At least I can prove I did not drink alcohol.” Back home in Murcia, they phoned Mojacar Town Hall to explain what had happened, but they were warned that the word of the Local Police was more important. “We have put the case in the hands of a solicitor who tells us the fines have no foundation,” said Jose.