ISSUE NO. 1648
2 - 8 February 2017
A XARQUÍA - C OSTA T ROPICAL
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Win a Car! Hot pursuit Full details CAR CHASE: Ended up with vehicle being forced off the road.
Police and armed thieves in car chase after €60 heist By Matt Ford A spectacular Hollywoodstyle car chase during which shots were fired ended with the arrest of three Spanish men in Torre del Mar. The dramatic events unfolded just after 10am on Tuesday, when the trio allegedly h e l d u p a t o b a c conist on Calle Martinez Barrionuevo in the Molinillo district of Malaga City. Afte r p u l l i n g a g u n o n the shop’s owner they reportedly made off with just €60 of the till contents in
their car, fleeing towards the A-7 motorway, which they joined from the Ciudad Jardin neighbourhood. They were then spotted by a National Police patrol as they barrelled along in the direction of Almeria. Once the alarm was raised, several Guardia Civil patrol vehicles and a helicopter became embroiled in the chase as their quarry continued to set a scorching pace. The looters committed an error, however, leaving the new motorway for the old
N -340 c oa s ta l roa d, a nd this allowed police to set up a roa dbloc k be tw e e n A lmayate and Torre del Mar. Witnesses working in nearby fields described how the runaways refused to go quietly, first attempting to smash their way out of trouble and causing heavy damage to a police car. They were eventually forced off the road and down a small embankment onto an adjacent dirt track, at which point shots rang out. Following the raiders’ arrest, their car and the ru-
ined police vehicle had to be removed by a crane as the y w e re no longe r in a driveable state. The me n, a ge d 28, 31, a nd 32, re s pe c tive ly, re mained in custody as the Euro Weekly News went to press.
on pages 8-9 STARTS TODAY!!!