June 2023

Latest racism storm in Spain spreads to basketball after Madrid fans abuse Nigerian Barca player

SPANISH sport has been caught up in another racism storm, with this time the abuse moving to basketball. Disturbing images captured the arrival of the Barcelona team bus at Madrid’s WiZink centre on Tuesday, showing several Madrid fans hurling insults at the Barcelona players.  Local media reports indicate that Nigerian James Nnaji, 18, was on

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Police seize thousands of kilos of drugs unloaded on Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A NARCO-BOAT escaped the clutches of the Guardia Civil after transporting 1.5 tons of hashish to an Alicante province beach. The craft was spotted approaching the La Marina area of Elche on June 13 and landed at El Pinet beach with the crew unloading bales of hashish, each pack weighing 35 kilos. The Guardia along

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Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 19 people in Los Alcazares who belonged to a ‘dangerous criminal group’ selling drugs and who used knives and guns to intimidate anybody that got in their way. Four property raids around the Mar Menor town yielded 1,000 doses of hashish and cocaine, €11,000 in cash, two shotguns and other

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Police bust fake goods racket selling items at Costa Blanca market stalls in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted a criminal operation that distributed fake goods to be sold at Calpe market in Alicante province. Seven stall holders have been arrested with 2,251 counterfeit items seized. The bogus goods were branded as well-known fashion and technological items with police called in after complaints were made by legitimate manufacturers. FAKE

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Gibraltar man who left passenger scarred for life while speeding in Gibraltar gets four week prison sentence

A COURT sentenced a young man who left a female passenger scarred for life after speeding on his moped in Gibraltar to four weeks in prison. James Marrache, 21, had denied the charge of dangerous driving, forcing the Magistrates Court to hold a full trial of the incident. The court heard how in the early

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No new EU treaty talks planned before Spain July 23 election all but condemning Gibraltar to hard Brexit

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that while he would like to sign an EU treaty with the UK on Gibraltar ‘as soon as possible’, it would probably would not happen until after next month’s general election. Albares said Tuesday he had put on the table ‘a global agreement that covered all aspects necessary

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Daredevil parachutist jumps off 100m high tower block in Malaga

A THRILL-SEEKER has been were spotted parachuting off a 100m high tower block in Malaga. The incident occurred at around 10:15am yesterday, Thursday June 22, when a base-jumper was spotted lunging himself off the 30-storey south Martiricos tower. According to reports, the descent took less than 30 seconds with the parachute being deployed around halfway

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Spain’s Malaga ramps up police surveillance on Midsummer’s Eve to 300 police officers and a drone

MALAGA will step up security on beaches today ahead of the crowds that are expected to gather for Midsummer’s Eve celebrations. The beginning of summer is marked by the celebration of the Night of San Juan and it is common to see thousands of people gather each year on Malaga beaches to celebrate. To ensure

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