ISSUE NO. 1697
11 - 17 January 2018
Guardia Civil officers have reportedly saved the life of a 6 5 - y e a r- o l d S w e d e i n Torrevieja, who was found unconscious and bleeding in his own home. According to Spanish media reports, the man was found bleeding from the mouth after a neighbour had expressed concerns about his welfare. Having confirmed that he was not in hospital, police were authorised to enter the property. Firefighters accessed the front of the building before the man was found lying on the floor in a worrying condition. The neighbour who phoned police reported their concerns because they had not seen the man in three days, despite music playing and lights being on inside the house. Police entered the Torrevieja property in the early hours of Monday morning, within two and a half hours of the initial report being made. A Guardia Civil source
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SAVED: The man was rescued from his Torrevieja home by the Guardia Civil (inset). told Diario Informacion: “it has been possible to save the life of a man of Swedish nationality who
lived in Spain, who was transferred urgently by the health services to the Hospital of Torrevieja.”
No further details are k n o w n a b o u t t h e m a n ’s condition and his identity has not been disclosed.
Man ‘faked’ own car theft A MAN who allegedly simulated the theft of his own car has been arrested, according to Spanish media reports. National Police are accusing the 35-year-old of pretending to be a robbery victim, in order to hide the evidence of a drunken Elche crash he was responsible for. The man appeared at the National Police station in Elche in early December to report the alleged robbery, but evidence subsequently came to light suggesting all was not as it seemed. According to translated reports, the man claimed that the friend of a woman he had met had put a knife to his stomach and stolen his car, after allegedly arriving to buy cocaine.
Police reportedly said that the vehicle, which was later found parked, was badly damaged. Coupled with ‘inconsistencies’ in the man’s story, police became suspicious and began collecting reports of traffic incidents near the car’s location and attempted to gather witness accounts. A witness statement subsequently placed the alleged
theft victim at the scene of the Elche incident. After crashing the car against a parked vehicle, the
witness allegedly saw the 35year-old man running ‘at great speed’ and ‘in apparent drunkness’ away from the scene.
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