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It will be illegal for ‘hippie market’ to relocate to the harbour promenade in Alicante without facing penalties

People who work at La Explanada’s traditional craft market, who are often called ‘hippies’, won’t be able to move their stands directly to the second queue of the port walkway, next to the Fish Market building. As of last week, the vendors’ group, the Association of Vendors of the Explanada (AVE), asked the Alicante City Council, led by the Popular Party (PP), to move the shops as soon as possible. They say that this can’t happen until the vendors are given permission to use the space.

In fact, this request was made again this Tuesday when a new document was registered stating that 15 of the merchants want to move to the new location. This is to make sure that any possible punishments don’t happen until the stalls can be moved directly, without having to be taken apart and put back together again.

The deputy mayor and spokesperson for the governing team, Manuel Villar, said that the eviction process will not change. This was said in the weekly public appearance where the agreements made in the Local Board are announced. So far, he has said that the administrative process for carrying out the October plenary agreement is still going as planned. This means that the deadlines set out in the notice sent to all the stall holders, telling them they needed to take down their stands from the tourist promenade by this Tuesday, will still apply. If that doesn’t happen, the notice also said that the City Council would take it apart in a secondary way, with the latest date being February 24. The sellers would then have to pay for these costs, which the city believes will be around 33,000 euros.

In addition, this notice would mean that penalties would be used for every day that the stalls were not taken down. According to Villar in the same public appearance, this is where proportionality criteria could be used, taking into account the fact that the amounts of these penalties could be changed depending on things like giving advance notice of the decision to leave the promenade and confirming the exact date on which this would be done.

Meanwhile, the vendors who have already said they want to move to the second queue of the Paseo del Puerto are still working on registering their request for permission with the Port Authority. They hope to have all the paperwork they need this Wednesday so they can officially make their request. In this way, the group hopes that the permission can be given before the 24th, so that the City Council doesn’t have to move them out against their will. At the same time, some shop owners who had already said they were going to stop selling things continued to do so on Tuesday by taking down their stands voluntarily.

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Three arrested with van full of stolen copper cable from a Benidorm

A van containing copper cables stolen from an industrial location in Benidorm was stopped by National Police officers and three males, aged 29 to 40, arrested on suspicion of committing theft and damage offences. The CIMACC 091 Office received a report regarding the presence of a group of individuals in a van who were stealing cables in the area, which led to the police intervention.

The patrol that arrived at the scene promptly halted the vehicle in order to ascertain the identity of its occupants and determine whether they were in possession of the purportedly stolen wiring.

The officers discovered a substantial quantity of cable of varying types and sizes in the cargo area, as well as a variety of tools that were purportedly used to cut the wiring, after the vehicle was halted and secured.

The occupants of the vehicle claimed that they had discovered the material on the ground when questioned about its origin. However, officers noted that it was copper wire and that it had been severed.

The extent of the harm exceeded half a million euros

The stolen wiring was verified to be a part of the industrial estate’s facilities after talks with the manager of the company. The removal of the wiring resulted in extensive damage, as it involved buried copper cables whose replacement will cost over €500,000.

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Police arrested a man who sold a niche for 1,500€ that he didn’t own

An individual has been arrested by the National Police in the town of Elche, Alicante, on suspicion of engaging in fraudulent activities. An octogenarian woman had been sold a niche in the town’s historic cemetery in exchange for 1,500 euros. A niche is a small, above-ground space or recess, often within a cemetery wall or structure, where a coffin or urn is placed for burial or storage. As per the municipal registry, the victim was not the owner at the cemetery at the time she attempted to execute the change of ownership.

The investigation commenced following a complaint lodged by an 80-year-old woman from Elche. She met a man through her life insurance broker who offered to lease a niche in the old Elche cemetery for 1,500 euros.

Consequently, the victim met this individual at the same cemetery that housed the requested niche. There, the victim and the man concluded the transfer of the niche and executed a private contract that was signed by both parties, rendering the transfer effective.

The grantor of the niche transferred the deed and other ownership documents associated with it to the victim after the victim paid the agreed-upon amount.

The victim, shortly thereafter, visited the municipal registry of the city to change the ownership. She was told the change was impossible because the person who gave her the property wasn’t the owner.

The officer who assisted the victim, however, attempted to mediate through a phone contact, despite this. She reported the incident to the National Police after the transferor hung up and ceased answering calls from both the officer and the victim after she explained the case to him.

After conducting the necessary investigations, the officers responsible for the case located and apprehended the suspect for the alleged fraud.

The investigation has been assigned to the Road Safety Investigation Unit of the Benidorm Armed Forces. The driver was subjected to alcohol and substance tests by members of the group, and the area was inspected to collect evidence that would help to resolve the tragic accident that claimed the lives of a family. The driver was apprehended subsequent to preliminary investigations.

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Five injured in a two-car accident in Elche

According to the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium and the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU), an accident between two vehicles on Avenida Algoda in Elche resulted in the injuries of five individuals: a 30-year-old man, a 19-year-old man, and three minors aged 16 on Saturday, April 19th.

A SAMU unit, an SVB, a conventional ambulance or public transport unit, a command headquarters unit (UMJ), a heavy urban fire department (BUP), a rescue van (FSV), a sergeant, a corporal, and six firefighters from the Elche fire station were dispatched to the scene upon the receipt of the call at approximately 11:35 p.m.

The driver of one of the vehicles was successfully extricated by firefighters (see above.) All of the injured sustained injuries and were transported to the General Hospital in Elche and the Vinalopó Hospital in Elche.