Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 10 - 16 October 2019 Issue 1788

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ISSUE NO. 1788

10 - 16 October 2019

Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018

COSTA DEL SOL

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SMUGGLERS RESCUE POLICE

HIGH-SPEED CHASE: Three policemen were thrown into the sea when their boat collided with the smugglers’ powerful launch. FOUR alleged drug smugglers have appeared in court after t h e y re s c u e d t h re e Guardia Civil officers who fell into the sea during a boat chase. The Spaniards were all remanded in custody by a Torremolinos judge on Monday October 7. The policemen from the Provincial Maritime Service of Ceuta were thrown into the sea when their boat collided with the powerful launch being used by the suspected drugs traffickers off the coast of Mijas. Their now unmanned boat was left spinning out of con-

trol at full throttle, posing a serious risk to the safety of the crew in the water. Luckily for them they were being supported by a Guardia Civil helicopter. Seeing what had happened, the aircrew used their tannoy to order the suspects -

who had continued on their way - to halt and rescue the policemen. This they dutifully did, perhaps fearful of the consequences if anyone drowned. As soon as they were hauled aboard unharmed, the three Guardia Civil ar-

rested the four-man crew of the launch. More than 80 bundles of hashish were found on board weighing approximately 3,000 kilos. Sources from the High Court of Justice of Andalucia (TSJA) on Monday reported that the men are being investigated for crimes against public health, membership of a criminal group, causing damage and injuries. If they had not stopped to help, the sources indicate, they would have committed a crime of omission of the duty to help, itself a serious offence.

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