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RGP Officers qualify as Specialist Licensed Search Officers

Some 15 officers from the Royal Gibraltar Police, and two officers from the Gibraltar Defence Police, have qualified as Licensed Search Officers (LSOs). The officers successfully completed a course hosted by the RGP and delivered by instructors from the United Kingdom’s Police National Search Centre (PNSC). The PNSC is a joint police and military unit...

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Airport firefighters complete specialist training 

Five members of the Airport Fire and Rescue Service have completed specialist qualifications to strengthen firefighter training and the service’s internal auditing.  Sub Officer Mitch Mifsud, Leading Firefighter Julian Lopez and Firefighter Craig Bonnici completed a Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course at the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh, England.  The course provided advanced training in...

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RGP hosts Law Enforcement Proliferation Financing

The Royal Gibraltar Police Economic Crime Unit, in collaboration with Sanctions SOS, hosted a Law Enforcement Proliferation Financing workshop. The workshop was attended by representatives of the Royal Gibraltar Police, HM Customs, Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit, and the Government of Gibraltar's Office of Criminal Prosecutions and Litigation. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to...

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Local man arrested for drugs offences

A local man has been arrested for drug offences after police officers searched his residence and found six slabs of cannabis resin The 20-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of possession and possession with intent to supply a controlled class B drug, acquisition, possession or use of criminal property and importing a prohibited import. The...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

MI5 chief says ‘true whole-of-society effort’ needed to counter terror threats

The head of MI5 said a “true whole-of-society effort” was needed to build national resilience in the face of terror threats facing the UK. In a speech at Thames House on Tuesday, Sir Ken McCallum issued a rallying cry to the British public to be prepared to play a part in protecting national security and...

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Albares tipped to lead PSOE election list in Andalucia

Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, looks set to lead the Socialist list in Andalucia in Spain’s forthcoming general election, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. Mr Albares, who played a critical role in the negotiation for the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. Was one of three potential candidates to head the list of PSOE...

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La Línea - First week of Spain’s revised traffic rules sees 19 PLET seizures, 47 fines

La Línea’s Policía Local has reported that 47 fines have been levied and, in 19 cases, Personal Light Electric Transporters (PLETs, such as electric scooters) seized since the nationwide introduction on new traffic regulations on October 1.  Most of the offences recorded by officers involved riding in pedestrianised areas and failing to wear a helmet,...

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La Línea - Seila Pavón takes PSOE reins in La Línea with ‘pride, responsibility and enthusiasm’

The Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) has officially presented Seila Pavón as their mayoral candidate in La Línea’s next municipal elections, with Ms Pavón pledging to prioritise housing, stable employment and closer engagement with residents.  She also said she was taking on the challenge with “pride, a sense of responsibility and great enthusiasm” in her...