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ISSUE NO. 1720
21 - 27 June 2018
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Flying high SEVEN new international routes, including two to British cities, have launched from Malaga’s airport. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) put on a new flight to Skelleftea in the north of Sweden as of last Saturday. Those on the maiden flight were treated to a commemorative serving of cake. The launch comes as Primera Air launched routes to the cities of Birmingham and Liverpool last month,
with the former connected via 14 weekly flights. Budget airline Vueling has put on a new flight to the Algerian capital of Algiers. The Qatari capital of Doha will also be reachable directly from Malaga. Further non-direct flights include a route to the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, via Casablanca, and Kuwait’s capital Kuwait City via Heraklion in Greece.
Nature calls MEMBERS of a leftist party have presented proposals to grant environmental protection status to the River Velez’s delta wetlands. Jose Antonio Castro, of Izquierda Unida (IU), tabled the plans at the Andalucian Parliament. Castro and other IU members said the measures would ensure the ecology and habitat of the area were preserved. They added it would boost tourism in the Velez-Malaga area. Alfonso Moreno, a Junta de Andalucia environment spokesperson in Malaga Province, said he was concerned at damage being caused to the River Velez’s wetlands.
HERE’S THE STING: Scores of mauve stingers have swarmed the coast.
By Matt Ford AROUND 11 tonnes of jellyfish were removed from Costa del Sol and Axarquia beaches a f t e r a p l a g u e o f the stinging blobs turned the sea purple. The emergency removal
job came in the wake of recent warm temperatures which triggered a boom in their numbers. Urgent warnings to stay out of the water were issued to beachgoers after an unprecedented 8,000 kilos of the creatures washed up on
beaches between Nerja and Velez-Malaga, while 3,000 kilos were removed from the stretch between Torremolinos and Mijas. And the horde later arrived to Marbella according to video footage posted on social media.
Drugs gang verdict A COURT in Malaga City has sentenced 13 defendants to prison for trafficking and selling cocaine in the city. Those on trial were all either related or friends with one another. Their sentences range from 12 months to three and a half years behind bars. The court heard two brothers and the wife of one of them were the ringleaders who were in charge of securing supplies of the drug. They were operating in the Churriana area of the city. They and the rest of the gang would either sell quantities of the drug on to be resold or they would deal it directly to users.
Prosecutors told the Third Section of the Court of Malaga the wife of one of the leading members of the group was charged with organising the operation. She was also tasked with hiding any drugs in case of police searches. Three children of the husband and wife were responsible for getting the cocaine to buyers with their mother, the wife, co-ordinating their activities. The members of the ring would talk via mobile phone and use coded language to avoid being caught. They also used false names to hide their real identities from eavesdroppers. Police seized drugs, cash, electronics and vehicles in raids on the group.
Biologist Jesus Bellido from M a la ga C ity’s Aula del Mar marine museum said “the invasion was the worst in 13 ye a rs ,” w hile s hoc ke d holidaymakers said the water “looked like purple jelly.”