On Monday the 29th of January, members of the N332 team will be giving a presentation on road traffic law at the Marjal Guardamar Camping Resort in Guardamar, just off the N332 main road (location map at the bottom of Read Full Article...
Officers from the Guardia Civil and the National Police have arrested four people as alleged authors of a crime of illegal possession of weapons in Torrevieja and Guardamar. The investigation revealed replica weapons which are first manipulated, in order to qualify them for the practice of real fire and, secondly sold, within the black market or the criminal sphere, with …
Around 30 members of the security services have been attending a course in Guardamar, aimed at providing training in how to identify administrative and practical irregularities relating to foreign registered vehicles driving on the roads of Spain. The three-day course Read Full Article...
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante) for allegedly leaving his 5-year-old daughter alone in the house in order for him to go to a local karaoke bar. As reported by the Guardia Civil, at about 03:25 on Friday morning a neighbour called them to report the cries and screams of the girl, who lives alone …
A cyclist was seriously injured on Sunday morning when a car collided with the bike on the road between Guardamar and Rojales. The driver of the car failed to stop and fled the scene, leaving the cyclist in a seriously Read More ...
Guided tours are to start at the site of one the southern Costa Blanca’s most notable landmarks, namely the Spanish naval base communications tower at Guardamar. The 370-metre-tall Torre de los Americanos entered service in 1965 as a communications base for the US Navy’s submarine fleet, with up to 17 Americans working at the facility,
Two Dutch nationals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for a running a scam where they offered non-existent mortgage loans to foreign property buyers across Alicante Province and the Mar Menor. The two men, aged 32 and 38, lived in luxury villas in the Torrevieja and Guardamar areas, and are said to have committed at
A Torrevieja-based car dealer was tasered as he was robbed of keys to his vehicles by four people, who then proceeded to steal four cars that he had in a unit in the city. Two men, a 60-year-old German and a 48-year-old Russian, and two women, a 46-year-old German and a 36-year-old Russian, were arrested by the
A 33-year-old Moroccan man who distributed fake football shirts to local markets has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Benijófar. The hawker was detained after Guardia agents tracked a shipment of the counterfeit sports gear from Alicante-Elche airport before he sold them onto market traders at Guardamar, Torrevieja, and Campoamor. He was charged with possession 700
The opposition Partido Popular group on Rojales council say that plans for a new waste disposal area in Guardamar could cause a stink for local residents. Alberto Ros of the PP claims that the proposed site, which is situated in El Pallaret in Guardamar, will bring an odious smell to Rojales if the wind
One point six million euros is to be handed out by the Valencian Government to repair January’s storm damage that hit beaches across Alicante Province. Francesc Colomer of Valencia’s Tourist Authority says that the money will be distributed as soon as possible to help repair infrastructures like paths, footbridges, water collection systems, waste bins, and
“There’s a lot more to the Vega Baja area than just beaches” is the message that local councils are saying in a new move to attract more tourists to explore the inland attractions of the area when they come on holiday. Orihuela council hosted a meeting of representatives of 27 councils which included Torrevieja, Pilar