ISSUE NO. 1669
29 June - 5 July 2017
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British bather saved by heroic trio
All at sea! KEEN NOSE: Otto sniffed out the stash.
Top dog Photo by Sara Naranjo
Pooch uncovers €7,160 drug haul
LUCKY ESCAPE: The victim almost drowned. By Matt Ford A 57-year-old British woman remains in intensive care at the Hospital Comarcal in Velez-Malaga following a dramatic beach rescue. It comes after the victim almost drowned off Cala de Carabeo in Nerja when she got into trouble 150 metres offshore following a 600metre swim from nearby Calahonda Beach. The unnamed swimmer’s screams were heard by 37-
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year-old Francisco Javier Martin, a National Police officer on holiday from Valencia, and Ivan Merida, 19, a lifeguard from Fuengirola enjoying a day off. Both plunged into the sea and swam 150 metres out to the distressed bather, who was by that point almost unconscious having swallowed a lot of water. T h ey w ere jo in ed b y a member of Nerja’s beach security team, who rode his jet ski from El Salon beach,
around the Balcon de Europa. The trio managed to lift the woman onto the vehicle and bring her ashore before carrying her up the stairs linking the beach to Calle Carabeo, an ambulance arriving several minutes later. She vomited a mixture of w a te r a nd blood a s pa ra medics administered oxygen, but eventually recovered sufficiently for the journey to hospital. In the aftermath a stunned
Martin said: “If we hadn’t he a rd he r s c re a ming a nd a c te d quic kly s he w ould have drowned… I hope she recovers well.”
OTTO, Almuñecar’s newest drug sniffing dog, has busted a British national carrying thousands of Euros in hash and poppy paste used for making heroin. The arrest was made at the town’s bus station, where Local Police often monitor passengers. Otto, a Belgian malinois shepherd, joined the town’s canine unit in April after undergoing five months’ specialist training in Cadiz, joining the canine unit’s other four-legged detective, a Labrador named Negro. The dogs have been trained to detect hashish, cannabis, cocaine and heroin. Once they have identified a drug, they have been taught to lie motionless so their handler can intervene. The town’s councillor for Security, Juan Hose Ruiz Joya, said the addition of Otto was “one more service we are providing to residents to fight against drugs near schools, bus stations and promenades.”