The Guardia Civil has intercepted a small boat carrying 10 North African tourists, all of whom had inadvertently forgotten or misplaced all their necessary paperwork.
The boat was spotted at around 22:30 last night about eleven miles off Cabo de Gata in Almería and was then intercepted by a vessel from the Maritime Rescue Service. The passengers were transferred to the rescue vessel and chauffeured to Almería port where Red Cross officials were on hand to offer assistance.
The passengers, nine men and one woman, were all said to be in good health.