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Gunpowder: a double date in Alicante this weekend

Two mascletás will provide Alicante with a spectacular fireworks display this weekend. The Don Bosco bonfire at the Glorieta de la Solidaridad, in PAU 1, will honour Pedro Luis Sirvent, the founding pyrotechnician of the Hermanos Sirvent fireworks company, who died in a tragic accident at the company’s headquarters in the Fontcalent district. The “Pólvora tot l’any” (Gunpowder to the Year) cycle will conclude with a launch on Paseo de Gómiz.
This Sunday’s mascletà, a fireworks show by the Hermanos Ferrández fireworks company, will take place on Paseo de Gómiz. Due to inclement weather, it was cancelled from its original March 2nd date. It can now be rescheduled for this Sunday, 31st March, at 2:00 p.m. without experiencing any significant setbacks because the weather forecast is more favourable.
Fifty kilogrammes of gunpowder will be used in the stunning fireworks display. Coloured smoke and aerial effects will open, then ground and air retention in a thunderous crescendo. A ground earthquake and subsequent aerial bombardment will cap the conclusion. The 2023 fireworks competition winner, Hermanos Ferrández, hopes to leave his stamp on this yearly cycle.
Pedro Luis Sirvent’s tribute
The other big event will be held at PAU 1, where on Saturday, March 29th, the Don Bosco bonfire will host a nighttime mascletà and a celebratory evening. Although there will be an evening celebration starting at 6:30 p.m., the highlight of the event will be the Hermanos Sirvent fireworks display, which will be launched from the Glorieta de la Solidaridad at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. The children of Pedro Luis Sirvent will light Alicante’s first mascletà fireworks show after their father passed away in a terrible tragedy on March 6th.
Additionally, on April 12th, the Florida Portazgo bonfire will honour Pedro Luis Sirvent with another mascletà. The first shot in Sirvent’s honour was held in the Falla Carrera Sant Lluís-Doctor Waksman during Valencia’s Fallas festival. In Valencia, a moving shot was dedicated to him in the Town Hall Square by pyrotechnician Reyes Martí.
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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.
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