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Elche offers free courses on resuscitation and use of defibrillators in the outlying areas
Through the Department of Health, the Elche City Council has started a program to teach people how to use a defibrillator and perform cardiopulmonary...
Alicante is one of the Spanish provinces with the highest number of mountain rescues
This year, there have been around fifteen mountain rescues in the province of Alicante, including one that resulted in a deadly accident. Similar to 2024, the...
A San Juan optician was robbed by two hooded men
The network of Ópticas Óptima outlets, a group of opticians who have suffered 18 robberies in less than three years, nearly all in the province of Alicante...
Bite, spit and froth at the mouth: the tumultuous Alicante-Manchester flight
A British national chose to make the three-hour flight from Alicante to Manchester into a hellish experience. Witnesses to the incident reported that several...
Two men arrested by National Police for robbing five homes in Elche
National Police officers have arrested two men in Elche (Alicante) as the alleged perpetrators of five robberies in different houses located in the rural areas...
Man caught selling drugs in Elche
A 38-year-old man was arrested by the Local Police in Elche for drug trafficking. The whole thing happened on the Vall d’Uixó ring road, where police saw...
Two men arrested on Orihuela Costa for drugs hidden in toy boxes
The Civil Guard of the town of Torrevieja in Alicante’s Citizen Security Unit (USECIC) caught two young men from Spain in Orihuela Costa. The men are 22...
Irishman arrested with 18 kilos of drugs at Alicante airport
If you bet on something that could go wrong, you could lose. This happened recently to an Irish passenger who was going to fly from Alicante-Elche airport to...
Woman arrested in Elche after leading cops on dangerous chase
A 43-year-old woman was caught by the Local Police of Elche after a dangerous chase along the A7 and the N-340. She was driving at high speeds with her lights...
Couple arrested after converting their Elche residence into a “supermarket” for illicit substances
Neighbours’ multiple reports of suspected drug trafficking from a residence in the Puñalada neighbourhood of Elche have enabled the National Police to...
