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A couple from El Campello who were wanted for the nation’s biggest cocaine haul turn themselves in

The El Campello couple who ran a fruit company that brought in the container containing 13,062 kilogrammes of cocaine last October—the biggest cocaine haul in Spain and the second in all of Europe—have been evading capture for about five months. After the drugs were found and the couple vanished from the opulent villa in El Campello where they lived with their daughter. José Miguel BC, 58, and his partner, Vilma Janet AB, 51, ended their escape yesterday and turned themselves in at a National Police station in Madrid. They were arrested in response to both national and European arrest warrants.

After the police processes are over, the couple—who are being represented by attorney Francisco Miguel Galiana Botella—will be turned over to the National Court. The police have also been searching hospitals for the man, who is originally from Almoradí, because he is ill and needs constant dialysis treatment. The location of the couple’s five-month hiding place is unknown.

First, a sister of the administrator of Abadix Fruits of El Campello, who owns 2% of this fruit import and export business, was taken into custody by the police in the province of Toledo last October. With the help of attorney Galiana Botella, the Public Prosecutor’s Office asked for this woman to be imprisoned; though the court granted her temporary freedom.

The couple and their company, along with other individuals and businesses, were under investigation since the middle of last year for their relationship with an international drug trafficking organisation that imported cocaine containers, for which Inspector Óscar Sánchez Gil, the former head of the UDEF in Madrid, was imprisoned after being arrested with his wife, also a national police officer, allegedly worked. The Algeciras court that opened the proceedings following the discovery of the nation’s largest cocaine haul ultimately abstained in favour of the central court of instruction number 1 of the National Court.

According to the National Police’s Internal Affairs department’s investigation, this police commander concealed about 20 million euros in cash between his Madrid home and a villa he purchased and refurbished in Dénia. The purchase was purportedly funded by funds given to him by the drug ring in return for the protection he gave the organisation.

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In order to determine whether containers and businesses connected to the drug trafficking organisation were the focus of other police investigations and to notify the criminal organization’s leaders, investigators have found that the former head of UDEF allegedly opened investigations where he entered data on them. Since the El Campello couple was not there when the search was initiated the police thought that they might have received a tip and hurried out of their villa.


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Two inbound flights from the UK to Alicante request police on arrival

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Two flights from Edinburgh and Manchester that arrived at Alicante-Elche Airport yesterday morning, Saturday 15th March, requested the presence of police after landing as a result of the presence of disruptive passengers. Police were requested by the stewards of both flights from the United Kingdom, and the Civil Guard was present to supervise the individuals in question upon their arrival.

The X account of air traffic controllers has revealed the problematic arrival of the two aircraft, which are operated by Jet2 (LS775) and EasyJet (U2 2013). Right now, the specifics of the incident on the aircraft that necessitated the intervention of local authorities are unknown.


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Woman ran over at a bus stop in Alicante and then attacked with scissors and a knife

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Accused of purposefully running over a 35-year-old woman at a bus stop in the rural district of El Rebolledo in Alicante and then attacking her with scissors and a knife, among other bladed weapons, a 37-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter were taken into custody by the National Police this week. Days after the two parties argued, the attack took place.

The event happened on Camino del Fardacho in El Rebolledo last Monday at approximately 11 a.m. Following their prompt response after being mobilised by the 091 dispatch team, officers from Grupo de Motos de Seguridad Ciudadana -los “Rayos” (the Citizen Security Motorcycle Group (the “Rayos”)) and the Alicante Central Police Station apprehended the two suspected offenders after the National Police received a report of a hit-and-run and assault with sharp objects at a bus stop.

The victim was hit by a car driven by a mother and her daughter as she was at a bus stop in El Rebolledo with her companion, according to police records. The accused motorist struck the victim in the leg after colliding into the bus stop and then turned around with the intention of striking her once more. After she finally pulled over, the mother and daughter used a knife and scissors to attack the wounded woman.

When receiving an 091 call, the National Police promptly responded and took the two attackers into custody when the victim’s boyfriend stepped in to stop additional beatings.

After arriving at the site, a Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance treated the injured individual and transported her to a hospital, where she received treatment for cuts and bruises to several body regions; stitches were not required.

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After that, forensic and judicial police officers showed up at the scene. They discovered the knife and scissors used in the assault when they were inspecting the detainee’s vehicle.


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In Benidorm, a repeat abuser breaks into his ex-‘s home and assaults her

Alicante Provisional Court

A man was given a total term of two years and three months in jail by the Alicante Provincial Court. The punishment was handed out to a habitual abuser who broke into his ex-partner’s Benidorm home and assaulted her. In order to avoid calling a jury to try a breaking-and-entering case, the defendant came to an agreement whereby he entered a guilty plea to the offences.

The man was incarcerated after receiving multiple convictions for abuse and restraining order violations.

On May 6th of last year, the woman was leaving the grocery while examining her cell phone in the first of the events for which he is currently facing charges. The defendant flung her phone to the ground as he came up behind her. According to the verdict, it is established that the defendant completely disregarded the restraining order that forbade him from approaching the victim.

On May 8th, two days later, the defendant jumped through the living room window to enter the victim’s house. “If you’re not for me, you’re for no one,” he said, grabbing the victim by the hair and dragging her into the living room. He then kicked and punched her, threatening her with a screwdriver and screaming that she had sent him to jail and that he was going to kill her first, then kill himself.

During a High Court hearing this week, the man entered a guilty plea.

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