Thursday 31 March 2011

Four try to sabotage Straits watch tower

LA LINEA (Agencies) Four men are in prison for attempting to sabotage the Guardia Civil's Servicio Integrado de Vigilancia Exterior (SIVE) monitoring station on Sierra Carbonera. The judge at the criminal court in La Linea sent the four to 'preventative prison' as some of them may have police records related to drug dealing and smuggling.  They are all accused of trying to set fire to the SIVE cameras at the top of the hill, which happened last weekend, although they never managed to complete their 'job' before they were caught by the Guardia Civil, which reports that all systems are completely operative and relatively unharmed. The SIVE unit was created to combat drug smuggling and illegal immigration by real-time reports on shipping in the Strait, although it has also served to save many lives.

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