The Guardia Civil in Granada has arrested a 32 year old Bolivian national after he beat his wife in front of their two daughters. Police were called to the house, located in calle Santa Clara, by concerned neighbours and found the woman with signs of having been beaten all over her body. The woman said that it was not the …
Jun on YouTube
Jun, in Granada province, is a small municipality of just 2,000 inhabitants, but they are proving that size isn’t everything. Jun was the first municipality in Spain to provide free internet access to all its residents back in 2000, and in 2001 became the first municipality to transmit an interactive council meeting via the internet, a project carried out in …
Helicopters join search for missing person
Two helicopters from the military base in Armilla, Granada, are now involved in the search for a missing rambler. Thirty year old F. del R.J. disappeared on Wednesday after setting out to walk from Ogíjares to the coastal town of Salobreña.
More arrests in ‘Operación Genil’
The number of people detained in connection with the Social Security fraud investigation ‘Operación Genil’ in Granada has risen to 102. The fraud involves five companies so far, none of them active, and an amount of money in excess of €4.2 million.
80 people detained so far in Granada Social Security fraud
The investigation into Social Security fraud in Granada, codenamed ‘Operación Genil’, has so far resulted in 80 arrests, four of the detainees being businessmen, one of whom has been remanded in custody.
37 illegal immigrants intercepted off the Granada coast
Members of the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil have intercepted a small boat, not in very good condition, with 37 illegal immigrants on board. The surveillance system SIVE (Servicio Integral de Vigilancia Exterior) located the boat this morning about 12 miles off the Granada coast between Castell de Ferro and Castillo de Baños. All those on board are adult …
Couple rescued from isolated cottage
A couple in their sixties have been rescued from their home near Nigüelas, Granada province, where they had been stranded since Saturday due to heavy snowfalls.
Social Security fraud in Granada
A police investigation has discovered that at least six companies in Granada have been involved in a Social Security fraud and around 200 people have been detained and charged. The authorities began their investigation after a large number of social security claims were made within a short period of time. The companies involved were all ‘inactive’ and had the same …
Record weekend in the Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada ski station in Granada was packed over the weekend as people flocked to see the snow. It was a record weekend as far as the amount of skiable pistes was concerned, with almost 80 kilometres of tracks open for use. During the same weekend last year, only 9 kilometres was skiable. The 4,500 hotel beds available in …
Man arrested after stabbing his ex partner
A 53 year old man, intitials J.M.C.J., has been arrested in Granada after stabbing a woman who had been his partner up until one week ago. The woman was stabbed in the chest, presumably in a domestic dispute, and is now in the Hospital General del Virgen de las Nieves where her condition is described as ‘serious, but stable’.