Search for Children
The Guardia Civil launched a search for two young children yesterday afternoon after they were reported missing in the town of Godella in the Valencia region.
The search was launched when a neighbour called emergency services to report seeing a man with blood on him chasing after his wife.
Police patrol cars went to the property and questioned the couple – who are parents of two young children aged around four and two years old – and took them both into custody.
They then launched a hunt of nearby areas to find the children.
Sniffer dogs were deployed in the search.
People Trafficking
Police arrested a Senagalese man for trying to bring immigrants into Spain illegally after a rubber dinghy with 48 Sub-Saharans on board was spotted by a cargo ship and intercepted in the Alboran Sea.
Almeria officers identified the 25-year old as the boat’s skipper.
Police also reported each immigrant has paid around €2,500 euros to make the crossing on the on the seven-metre dinghy.
Police charged the man with a crime against the rights of foreign citizens.
So far this year National Police in Almeria have arrested eight individuals on the same charges and have dealt with 32 boats, assisting more than 1,300 people.
British Man Jailed
A burglar who sprayed a man in the face with a corrosive liquid before fleeing to Spain has been jailed.
53 year old David Hudson attacked his victim after breaking into an address in Leigh-on- Sea, Essex, on 5 October 2017.
Hudson was jailed at Basildon Crown Court for eight years and nine months after being found guilty of aggravated burglary, throwing a corrosive liquid with intent and actual bodily harm.
He was arrested in August after seeking help from the British Consulate.
After telling officials in Barcelona he was homeless, he was flown back to the UK and arrested at Stansted Airport.
Mandarins In A Ditch
A LORRY driver six times over the alcohol limit was caught by police after he steered 18 tonnes of mandarins into a ditch.
The 42-year-old Spaniard careened off the RM F-25 highway just outside San Pedro del Pinatar and was taken to a San Javier courthouse where he faces three to six months in prison, a fine, or between one and three months of community service.
He will also face a driving ban of up to four years.
A tow truck took four hours to pull the vehicle, bound for Oliva, out of the ditch.