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15 - 21 November 2018
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vestigations, police arrested a further two men this week. The group reportedly used tools to force their way into houses in the countryside, often striking at night to avoid being seen. Police say the men used public transport to travel from location to loca-
tion, before continuing on foot to remote properties and prising bars off their windows and doors to gain access. The Guardia Civil said on one particular evening the gang waited in an abandoned property for night to fall be-
Car fraud
A MAN has denounced a car seller in Salobreña claiming the car he bought had been tampered with. Officers from the Guardia Civil in Salobreña are now investigating and have questioned a 43-year-old man who is said to have a criminal record. The suspect is accused of selling a car to his victim in May in Roquetas de Mar, Alme-
ria. His accuser says he bought the car for €15,000 before it developed a fault several days later and he took it to a garage. A mechanic there reportedly told him the kilometre counter had been tampered with, leading the man to take the car to an authorised dealer who allegedly confirmed this. Using this information, the man denounced the suspect to the Guardia Civil.
Crash landing
A PARAGLIDER has crash landed in Almuñecar. The as yet unnamed victim was forced to make an emergency landing on the town’s Velilla Promenade on Saturday. The incident took place at around 4.55pm, causing concern amongst onlookers
GUARDIA CIVIL: Officers arrested and detained the group.
Credit: Guardia Civil
POLICE have brought down a gang of four men thought to be responsible for a series of violent robberies in Axarquia. Officers from the Guardia Civil arrested four Romanian men for allegedly carrying out 18 burglaries in rural parts of Nerja, Torrox and Algarrobo. The suspects have been handed over to the Judicial Authority and two have been remanded in custody. Officers from the Nerja Guardia Civil began investigating in an operation named ‘Cortijeros’ after receiving complaints of several robberies in the countryside. Last month, following police surveillance, officers identified and detained two alleged members of the group accused of taking part in six burglaries in Nerja and Frigiliana. Both men were found to have previous criminal records. Following further in-
Credit: Sally Underwood
Violent crime wave
who called the emergency services. One person told the authorities someone had, “fallen out of the sky.” Paramedics first treated the victim at the scene due to the force of the impact on landing, before later transferring them to the Santa
Ana Hospital in Motril. Police have not yet released further information on the paraglider’s identity or condition. Last month a German paraglider died in the Loma del Gato in Almuñecar. The 54-year-old man was killed after he fell to the ground in the Camino Almenara area.
fore breaking into houses in the surrounding area, damaging windows and doors as they forced their way in. Once inside, the men allegedly stole any valuables and easily carried appliances as well as basics including food, utensils and toilet roll.
A GANG: Used tools to force their way into rural properties.