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ISSUE NO. 1733
20 - 26 September 2018
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Cabo de Gotcha THE Customs Surveillance Service of Almeria has intercepted a yacht in the Alboran sea that was carrying 2,500 kilos of hashish, arresting its three crew members. The men are of Turkish nationality and the police raid was carried out about 60 nautical miles south east of the Cabo de Gata coast. These waters are popular for such illegal shipments and the Tax Agency’s surveillance teams regularly keep watch for suspicious activity. Two days before the intercep t i o n , o n e o f t h e s e units saw a yacht navigating erratically in the south west
BOAT BUST: The three men on board face questioning. direction. They continued to monitor the boat and saw that it was
ALMERIA presents its bid on Tuesday to become the Spanish capital of gastronomy over the next year. It is an annual competition promoted by the Spanish Federation of Journalists and Writers of Tourism and the Spanish Federation of Hospitality. The event’s aim is to showcase Spain’s cuisine both nationally and internationally, as it has long been one of the country’s admired selling points. The city has been working for almost a year to ensure that it has a ‘solid and winning bid,’ and the victor will be announced on October 17. It has been a process that has benefited from the cooperation and assistance of the full range of professional, eco-
coming into contact with several other boats, which were were later discovered to have
been transferring packages of hashish onto the yacht. Named ‘Maldia,’ the yacht was taken ashore at Almeria’s port by the authorities, where it was identified as of United States origin. Police discovered 82 packages of hashish, weighing 2,500 kilos, and the three crew members were arrested. The men have been put under the Court of Instruction of Almeria, to face charges, and the yacht and narcotics have been confiscated. An investigation by the Customs Surveillance Service is ongoing, and further arrests could be made.
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Nurses injured in hospital brawl THE National Police has arrested four men and one woman after the alleged assault of two nurses in Almeria’s Torrecardenas Hospital. The incident is believed to have followed a chaotic brawl outside a nightclub in the city centre, in which the owner was left with serious injuries to his head and shoulder. He told police that he had been involved in a mass fight, and several of those involved then found themselves at the hospital. In shocking scenes, men who had been involved in the brawl then broke into
nomic and social sectors. Almeria will head to Madrid to set out its stall under the leadership of Mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco and with the panache of local chefs. Mr Fernandez-Pacheco said that preparations had been rigorous and that “Almeria has already won because the impact of our candidacy has exceeded any previous expectations. “Winning would not be the end, but the beginning of a story that would lead us to join the network of world gastronomic destinations,” he added.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Winning would take Almeria’s promotion to another level.
the emergency ward of the hospital and began shouting, insulting, and threatening to attack both patients and professionals. A ‘pitched battle’ ensued when they found the men they had been fighting earlier, and one nurse sustained cuts to her arm in the melee, while another suffered a back injury after an object that was hurled across the room hit her. Four men aged 41, 38, 31 and 22 have reportedly been arrested on charges of assault and attacking a public worker, and one of their girlfriends, 29, has also been detained.