By Cathy Elelman • Published: 01 Dec 2019 • 18:00
POLICE arrested a 19-year old for torching a paper recycling skip in Almeria city. The detention relates to an incident in October, when the fire service was called out to extinguish the blaze on Calle Firmamento. The company responsible for the recycling service reported the fire, which caused nearly €1,000 of damage. Police investigations confirmed the fire had been started on purpose. Thanks to footage from nearby security cameras they were able to identify the suspected arsonist, a young man with a police record.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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