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Border police start busy summer campaign

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The busy summer campaign “Operación Paso del Estrecho” which controls the hundreds of thousands of people using Spain’s ports has had a busy start in Almería province. The national police had checked 68,971 people with some 15,000 vehicles departing from Almería port in the first four weeks of the campaign. By last week 11 of these people had been arrested on European arrest warrants, and a further 49 people detained for questioning by Spanish police. Continue reading Border police start busy summer campaign→

Massive police operation against fake companies

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A massive National Police crackdown on fake companies carried out yesterday saw 740 people arrested and a further 1241 people charged with creating and operating fake companies. Across Almeria, 13 fake companies have been closed down and 90 people arrested. These companies are used to launder money, get immigrants their paperwork, steal public subsidies and other nefarious purposes. So someone might setup a fake company, use it launder money, and at the same time give Continue reading Massive police operation against fake companies→

Bones found in Marta del Castillo search, but nobody seems to care?

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Marta del Castillo was a young pretty teenager from Seville who disappeared 5 years ago, and is presumed to have been killed by her ex-boyfriend and his family. Miguel Carcaño is currently doing a long stretch inside for her murder, but has always refused to tell police what he did with her body. Instead, he keeps making up stories, then sitting back and giggling to himself as the National Police spend millions searching for her Continue reading Bones found in Marta del Castillo search, but nobody seems to care?→

Police Chief of Andalusia West fired – one month before retirement

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Nobody is quite sure why Miguel Rodríguez Durán, head of the National Police department of Andalusia West, was removed from his position just one month before his retirement, but speculations are rife. “An unprecedented move” trumpeted ElMundo.es, which suggests his investigations into corrupt politicians without informing his bosses in Madrid might have lead to the “public punishment”. 20minutos.es says that his bosses claim the move was simply an reorganisation, and that Miguel will be placed Continue reading Police Chief of Andalusia West fired – one month before retirement→

Coppers first aid course involved video of lesbian sex giving CPR

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The National Police unit in Huesca has been forced to issue an apology after it gave a training course in which recruits were shown how to give CPR – by mostly naked lesbians. The video, apparently downloaded off the net, was considered “humorous” by the medics who put the course together, and he patched it into a video training course for defibrillators and CPR. However, recruits were not amused and several clubbed together to issue Continue reading Coppers first aid course involved video of lesbian sex giving CPR→

Lie Detector test requested for Marta’s murderer

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The National Police have applied for permission to give Miguel Carcaño a new type of lie detector test in an attempt to find out what he did with the body of teenager Marta del Castillo five years ago. Miguel, a teenage friend of Marta’s, killed her in Seville and dumped her body somewhere. Since there, he has given at least five false locations to the Police which have resulted in searches costing millions of euros, Continue reading Lie Detector test requested for Marta’s murderer→

Bodies of missing Cordoba children Ruth & Jose found – police admit “massive cockup” after mothers family find the remains

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The remains of Ruth (6) and Jose (2), the two small children from Cordoba who went missing 11 months ago and whose fate have since gripped Spain, have been found. Their father, who has been in jail since they went missing accused of abducting the children, will now be charged with their murder. The remains were identified after the Mother of the children paid for an independent laboratory analysis of bones found in a huge Continue reading Bodies of missing Cordoba children Ruth & Jose found – police admit “massive cockup” after mothers family find the remains→

No you can’t denounce over the phone anymore – the outsourcing company went bust

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Egg on the face of the National Police after the company that manages its denuncia hotline went bust overnight, leaving citizens calling the official hotline and not having their calls answered. The hotline, which has been run for a number of years now by a telemarketing company, allows you to make simple denuncias over the phone (for anything you need a basic police crime number for insurance purposes, but didn’t really expect the police to Continue reading No you can’t denounce over the phone anymore – the outsourcing company went bust→

New national police uniform

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Irrelevant to us down here really, as we only ever see the National Police when they get lost on their way to somewhere else, but they’re getting a spiffy new uniform. Here’s the current one: And here’s the new modern one, designed for working in hot conditions: Whoops, sorry, wrong photo. Here’s the real new uniform:I like the modern interpretation of the Spanish flag under the Policia bit. That’ll show those seperatists who’s in charge. Continue reading New national police uniform→