Operation CIVAN was launched last August when undercover police in calpe detected a new drug trafficking ring was working in the area .This led to a bar in the town and the seizure of a small quantity of cocaine and drug preparation equipment .Four arrests were made and these led to a second phase of the operation when five properties in Calpe were searched and 3.5 kilos of the drug were found with a number of weapons .Twelve people were arrested of which ten were Venezuelan and two were Spansh .

At the end of January attention turned to Benidorm and Alfaz del Pi and properties there were also searched .This led to the discovery of more cocaine and also the arrest of six Brazilian nationals .The National Police have , they feel , broken up a very organised and very dangerous drug trafficking gang .

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You would be forgiven if you thought that they were members of opposing parties but the Valencia Regional president and the Alicante Provincial President are actually members of the PP.Their supporters make up two factions within the party and that is always going to cause problems .

Now the political infighting has claimed another victim this week when Ibi council sacked one of its own members .One of the councillors had been investigating alleged irregularities in urban development abuses carried out by some of her PP party colleagues .She was dismissed from the council last Monday at a specially convenrd meeting .

It seems that she handed a dossier over last week to party heads at the provincial government detailing serious irregularities in the way the Ibi council had administrated certain development projects .

The dossier is said to show how the council used its power to change the concession to carry out a PAI plan parcial development scheme from one developer to another .Those named in the dossier include the mayoress .

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The Fitur tourism fair has been taking place in Madrid and the Provincial President and the Regional President have been sounding very up-beat about the year ahead on the Costa Blanca , saying that the area is well placed to ride out the storm of the economic crisis .

Sadly there was a reality check at the end of last week when it was revealed that hotel bookings for the summer were down by 20% in relation to bookings at the same time last year .

The Valencia president thinks tha the staging of big events is one way of tackling the crisis and he quoted the upcoming Davis Cup match betweeb Spain and serbia which will take place in Benidorm .The  ticket sales will begin this month and the price of the tickets will begin at 90 euros .

Hotel owners feel that a more accurate prediction of the summer will happen after easter .They all feel that a good Easter season will be crucial to 2009 .

Another of the big events was announced this week and the World Medical and Health Games will be based in Alicante this year .The event attracts more than 4000 visitors and competitors take part in 24 different events .

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A gang of 25 Romanians have been arrested by National Police in the Valencian Region , Madrid and the Balearic Islands .They carried out their crimes like a military operation and they specialised in robbing private homes and commercial establishments by splitting into teams and focusing on particular areas .

They also had a very sophisticated way of finding out about the security systems of houses and businesses .They used ultrasonic devices to neutralise guard dogs and had a huge array of tools to force doors and grills .They also had sophisticated frequency blocking devices which they used to disarm alarm systems .

All of the goods stolen were sent to a central storage area where they were either distributed for selling or transported to Romania .The operation which led to their arrests started in Valencia where the gang operated in three units and it acquired information from people who worked for their targets .Some of those arrested operated out of Denia and Oliva .

The police are now looking at a backlog of unsolved crimes which could be linked to this gang.They are also looking at cases where victims were forced to open safes by the use of violence and also to give their PIN numbers by the same violent means .All of those arrested have been remanded in custody .

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