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12 - 18 April 2018
Gabriel Cruz investigation THE court in Almeria overseeing the investigation into the death of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz is set to hear the testimonies of 10 witnesses in the coming days. Rafael Soriano, the judge in charge of the probe, has summoned four people to testify before the court this week. A further six are set to give statements on Thursday April 19. Several relatives of the eight-year-old are among those summoned as is a Local Police officer. The exboyfriend of Ana Julia Quezada, the woman suspected by police of being responsible for the death, will also be called before the court. In a separate development Angel Cruz and Patricia Ramirez, the boy’s father and mother, said they disagreed with a petition in favour of revisable permanent prison sentences. The petition was drawn up in the wake of Gabriel’s death. It calls on the Spanish government to expand the number of crimes eligible for the penalty which could theoretically be used to imprison people found guilty of certain crimes indefinitely. Speaking at a press conference in Nijar, Cruz and Ramirez said the case of their son should have nothing to do with the political debate surrounding the sentence.
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High and dry Drugs bound for Britain stopped by police CREDIT: National Police
ISSUE NO. 1710
Newspaper in Spain 2018
DRUGS BUST: Around eight tons of hashish were found hidden inside the trailer. Police in Almeria have seized around eight tons of hashish hidden between flagstones and metal panels inside the trailer of a lorry. Officers also arrested the driver of the vehicle who was carrying more than €177,000 in cash, according to reports. The arrest was part of a wider operation against a group allegedly trafficking drugs from the south of Spain to other parts of Europe, including Britain. Spain’s National Police worked alongside the British National Crime Agency during
the probe into the ring. The police forces began their investigation after receiving information that the group were shipping drugs around the continent concealed in packaging. Officers searched the trailer of one vehicle on an industrial estate in Almeria which was
loaded with stone slabs and sheets of metal. A total of 273 blocks of hashish were found hidden in the walls and floor of the trailer after it was completely dismantled. Police believe the trailer was bound for Europe before the search began.