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Five arrested for scooter thefts in Alicante

In Alicante, two adults and three children have been arrested by the National Police for stealing two electric scooters from inside a school in less than a month.

Before the cops started their investigation, a woman called to say that her son’s electric scooter had been stolen from where he had parked it at school. The child said that same afternoon, he saw a young man with his scooter in a nearby square. When he asked the young man about how he got the scooter, the young man said that he bought it from someone else for 40 euros, even though he knew that was a lot less than it was worth and thought it might have been stolen.

The child also said in his complaint that the young man threatened to stab anyone who came after his scooter before leaving the scene of the crime and when the boy demanded that he return the scooter, the young man showed him a knife.

Because of these events, police from the Judicial Police Group at the Northern District Police Station started an investigation. After doing a number of checks, they were able to identify three minors: a man and two women. Once they were located, they were arrested on suspicion of robbery with force.

The police continued their investigation to find the young man who owned the victim’s scooter and arrest him. He was charged with getting stolen goods because he bought the scooter knowing that it could be stolen. Besides that, he reportedly made serious threats because he threatened the child with the knife.

The young man was finally identified as a 24-year-old Spanish man. He was then found and arrested on suspicion of making serious threats and receiving stolen goods.

Something else was stolen while the police were looking into the first one. This time, the thief was an 18-year-old man who was caught nearby by officers from the Provincial Brigade for Citizen Security. He was being held on suspicion of robbery with violence because, after breaking the scooter’s security lock and being caught by the school’s caretaker, the thief fought violently with it to get away, getting hurt slightly.

The second person has been convicted of theft and robbery many times before, even though they turned 18 last year. The three children were given to the Alicante Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office, and the two adults were given to the Court of Instruction in the same town.

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Moldovan mobster arrested in Torrevieja

A 37-year-old Moldovan male has been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil in accordance with an Italian European Arrest Warrant (EAW). Known as “thieves in law,” the detainee belonged to the Russian-Soviet criminal organisation VOR V ZAKONE, which was committed to committing significant crimes.

The arrest happened on February 28th in Torrevieja while Guardia Civil officers were performing a public safety duty. While on patrol, they spotted three people on a restaurant terrace and saw one of them attempting to hide after spotting them. The officers became suspicious of this behaviour and went on to identify him.

After doing technical examinations, the authorities concluded that the person’s Romanian passport, which was of excellent quality, was a fake. After being detained and brought to government facilities, his fingerprints were recognised, proving his identity.

On March 2th, 2022, the Verona Criminal Court sentenced the detainee to 11 years in prison for international criminal conspiracy offences of a mafia nature. The detainee was a member of the VOR V ZAKONE organisation, which was committed to committing crimes against people and property using mafia-style intimidation, threats, and violence.

The man had been hiding in Spain since the sentencing, using fictitious paperwork to evade discovery. To ascertain whether the fugitive has committed crimes in Spain, the Guardia Civil is still looking into the matter.

The detainee was taken to the Court of First Instance in Torrevieja, where he was ordered to be detained until his extradition to Italy.

The Guardia Civil underlines its commitment to combating international crime and deals another blow to organised crime with this operation.

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Alicante to Seville daily with new Ryanair schedule

During the summer of 2025, Ryanair will run daily flights between Alicante and Seville.

The company plans to connect the two cities on a daily basis from today, March 27th, until October 25th. This year, the connection is strengthened with a flight every weekday, in contrast to the 2024 summer season when the route ran six days a week (with double frequency on Sundays and no flights on Wednesdays). Additionally, Ryanair plans to launch eight weekly flights in April 2025, with the addition of a second daily frequency on Saturdays.

Reaching 125,581 passengers in 2024, the link with Seville, the capital of Andalusia and Spain’s fourth most populous city, saw stratospheric growth. Compared to 2023, when the route carried 58,361 people between the two cities, this number marked a 115% increase.

A potential increase of frequency on the Alicante-Elche and Seville route has not been ruled out, and Ryanair will soon release its 2025–2026 winter schedule. Given the ongoing increase in demand on this route, the Irish airline may be planning to improve connection, as it ran five weekly flights during the previous winter season.

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Benidorm could start fining illegal tourist properties by Easter

Since the formal transfer of authority is anticipated to take place next week, Benidorm may start immediately fining unlawful tourist accommodations as early as Easter. Marián Cano, the Regional Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce, and Tourism, made this announcement as an indication of the advancements made in working with local councils to keep an eye on the tourism industry’s underground economy. The city councils of Alicante, Castellón, Elche, Torrevieja, and Benicarló are among the other municipalities that have stated their intention to take on this responsibility. This progress has already been formalised in Valencia, where the transfer of powers has been completed and all the procedures are prepared for approval next week in Benidorm.

In her response to a parliamentary question, the Nuciera councillor discussed the issue in Les Corts and stressed that the new tourism inspection plan “is not a continuation of the previous one, but rather an improvement that introduces more effective measures, strengthens institutional collaboration, and better responds to the needs of the sector.” She stressed cooperation with local governments in this regard in order to provide “more effective inspections and a swift response to irregularities.”