ISSUE NO. 1687
2 - 8 November 2017
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Photo credit: Guardia Civil
Photo credit Policia Local de Orihuela
Rental thieves arrested
DETAINED: Gang suspected of breaking up and shipping cars. A GANG dealing in the shipment of top of the range cars has been arrested. Following collaboration between the National Police and the Guardia Civil, the six men - originally based in various locations throughout the Alicante Province - were detained. The men, made up of Spanish, Italians and Moroccans, are believed to have stolen around 40 rental cars estimated to be worth around €1m after hiring them and not returning them on their due dates. Fifteen of the vehicles have already been recovered. They began their series of crimes in Orihuela, Santa Pola and Almoradi before moving to the provinces of Almeria and Malaga in the south of the country.
BURNED OUT: Officers’ private cars were targeted.
Police arson attacks Victims not covered by insurance By Darren James Forty members of the Local Police in Orihuela gathered to support three of their colleagues whose private cars were found burned out the week before. This followed an announcement by the council that their civil liability insurance will not cover the damages incurred. The police officers had parked their cars close to the town hall premises located on the Orihuela Costa in Playa
Brakes put on traffickers NATIONAL POLICE officers have dismantled a network involved in alleged sexual exploitation based in Santa Pola. During the latest intervention by the police, they were able to release one of the gang’s victims. The group arrested were all from Hungary and were running an alleged dedicated human trafficking network for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Two of the four people detained have been accused of raping one of the women that they ended up forcing to go into prostitution in the municipality. She is a 29-year-od woman, also from Hungary, and was forced into her trade following a series of threats to her and her family back home and a constant supply of cocaine.
Flamenca during their night shift, only to find them destroyed by a fire that is suspected to have been started deliberately. Investigations are being carried out by the Guardia Civil to try to catch the alleged arsonist who they believe is someone who was earlier arrested by Local Police and decided to retaliate against them. Unions representing the three police officers affected UGT, CSI-F and SPPLB have sent a registered letter to the mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, pointing out that the attack on these vehicles could’ve been avoided if there were better facilities for their members to keep their cars safe. They were, however, parked in spaces authorised for the Local Police to use,
and this is the area of dispute. The council’s public liability insurance will not compensate the officers as the cars were parked on the public highway; although the officers claim that they were in designated spaces reserved for them and town hall officials. Mariola Rocamora, Orihuela’s councillor responsible for citizen security, said that the ruling is a business decision taken by the insurance company and cannot comment on the matter.
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