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Posts Tagged ‘police’

Policeman dies in Almeria chasing illegal taxi

Posted Thursday, September 18th, 2008

21 year old Francisco Javier Balbín París, a local policeman in Almeria, who died on Tuesday after crashing his motorbike while chasing an illegal taxi that refused to stop at his command, was buried with full honours last night in Almeria. He had served only since last December.
The Mayor of Almeria has declared two days of [...]

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Albox finally gets an emergency number - or does it?

Posted Monday, August 11th, 2008

While reading the salicious details of the fight between Bob P and his detractors (and now Lenox?) on www.AlboxBlog.com I noticed a post saying that Albox now has an emergency number you can call “in case of emergency”. 092. The post seems to suggest that Albox is unique and modern in doing this.
Actually, 092 is the [...]

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More cops, more speed traps

Posted Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Summer has arrived along with another bunch of the boys in light green from the Benemérita. Almería gets the lion portion of new Guardia Civil recruits from the current promotion, 81 in all, which brings the total Guardia numbers up to 1100 across the province. Heavens only knows what they’re all doing, surveying up in [...]

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28 arrested in Roquestas over Nigerian 419 scam

Posted Monday, July 28th, 2008

The infamous Nigerian Scammer (those responsable for sending you those “please help me smuggle 202 million euros out of my country” or “you have won the improbable jackpot for which you never entered” emails) have taken a hit as National Police swooped down on a ring in Roquetas del Mar.
28 arrests were made, almost all [...]

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Police empty handed after Almerian riot

Posted Friday, June 13th, 2008

The Police are redfaced after admitting that yes, one of their crack anti riot police (the feared UDI) was pick pocketed during the riots on Wednesday in Almeria. His gun, complete with holder and ammo, was taken off him, and he only noticed after things had calmed down.

Despite carrying out a search of the area, [...]

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Illegal builds and political corruption

Posted Monday, April 28th, 2008

The Mayor of Zurgena, Candido, et al, seems to be blaming the PSOE for his recent problems with law, blaming them for a “witch hunt” due to the fact that “he belongs to another political party which has the temerity to win local elections”.
The local Guardia Civil agents arrested for passing confidential information about police [...]

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