Six people have so far died in Germany and thousands have become ill in four European countries following an E Coli outbreak, the source of the infection thought to be organic cucumbers from Málaga and Almeria.
Drug mule arrested in Almeria
Police in Almeria have arrested 32 year old Rachid D on charges of crimes against the public health after the discovery of one kilo of hashish inside his body.
Two boats intercepted off the coast of Almeria
Two small boats carrying a total of 31 illegal immigrants of North African origin were intercepted on Tuesday off the Almeria coast.
40 illegal immigrants intercepted south of Punta Sabinar, Almeria
A boat carrying 40 Moroccan immigrants, including 7 women and 2 children, was intercepted on Sunday about twenty miles south of Punta Sabinar, Almería. The authorities had received a call that a boat had set off from Tres Forcas, Morocco, and an air and sea search began for the boat.
Nine arrested in Almeria in connection with cable thefts
Police in Almeria have arrested a total of nine people in the past couple of weeks in connection with the theft of various sorts of cable, such as electricity and telephone.
Boat owners arrested for ferrying illegal immigrants
National police officers in Almería have arrested two men, both Algerian nationals, on charges of organising and carrying out the ferrying of ten illegal immigrants from Algeria to Cabo de Gata in their boat.
Domestic violence fatality in Almeria
Thirty-year-old A.E.L. from Almeria has become the latest victim of domestic violence, stabbed twenty times by her former partner.
12 arrested for selling fake employment contracts
Twelve people have been arrested in Almeria in two operations connected to the provision of fake work contracts of employment to immigrants at a cost of between €400 and €1,500 each.
Industrial fatality at Almeria quarry
In Almeria, a 44 year old man died on Friday at the ‘El Almendral’ quarry on the A-347 between Adra and Berja after being hit by a bulldozer. The accident, which happened at 15:45, is being investigated by the Labour Inspectorate and the Junta de Andalucia.
Woman injured after balcony collapses in Cuevas del Almanzora
One woman remains hospitalised, although her condition is not said to be serious, following the collapse of a balcony in calle Rambla, Cuevas del Almanzora (Almería).