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Two arrested in Torrevieja raid by the Guardia

According to a statement from the Guardia Civil, a thief and a drug dealer were caught by police in Torrevieja during an early morning raid. The thieves and dealers were only a few meters away. The police were called when an alarm went off about a house break-in in the middle of the night. When they got to the house, they caught the accused thief, a 43-year-old woman who had been convicted of several property crimes before.

While the investigation was going on, officers from the Armed Institute saw a man at a nearby petrol station. The man’s behaviour made them suspicious. After he was identified, it was found that he had a past of drug trafficking and property crimes. When the police searched him, they found a bag with ecstasy pills, marijuana, cocaine, and small amounts of cash. They caught him for these crimes.

The two people who were arrested, who are not related, and the things that were taken from them were given to the Court of Guard and Instruction of the Judicial District of Torrevieja. This court freed them with some restrictions.

The events began in the early hours of 22 January, when the Guardia Civil received an alarm call for a possible robbery in a house in Torrevieja. Agents from the town’s Main Post immediately went to the scene, intercepting a woman nearby who had a number of previous convictions for property crimes and who had just left the house.

During an initial inspection, the officers found that the door and window panes had been broken to gain access to the interior, but that the suspect had left the premises without taking any items. Based on these facts, she was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of burglary in a dwelling.

Without leaving the house, the officers detected the presence of an individual acting suspiciously at a nearby petrol station. After identifying him, it was found that he had a history of property crimes and drug trafficking.

In addition, the officers observed that he was carrying a large bag in one of his trouser pockets. Upon inspection, they found 347 MDMA or ecstasy pills, 1.43 grams of marijuana, 0.66 grams of cocaine and 150 euros in notes and coins. Given the quantity of drugs seized, the man was arrested for a crime against public health for drug trafficking.

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21 expensive cars that were stolen in the U.S. were found Valencia port

Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.

The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.

With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.

In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.

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Dénia wrestler arrested in connection with a network that smuggled 300 kilos of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Police’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit arrested a famous mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Dénia. He was part of a gang that was partly broken up in August over a shipment of 300 kg of cocaine from Ecuador that came into the port of Valencia. The fighter from Dénia is one of five people who were caught by police. Along with nine other gang members who were already in jail at the time, they are now in jail.

The man who was arrested in Dénia is thought to be the trusted man of the gang’s leader, who is also an MMA fighter, and the person who is said to have worked as a go-between in the operation.

Levante-EMV also says that the broken-down network is linked to another shipment of 490 kg of cocaine that came into the port of Valencia in April of last year.

The five people who were just caught went before Valencia’s Investigative Court No. 20 yesterday, April 3rd.