Over 10 arrests in drug trafficking operation involving at least 4 local police officers
Law enforcement agents allegedly collaborated with illegal network of marihuana dealing in Llinars del Vallès
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Why did the police take 36 hours to stop the New Year's rave in Llinars?
2 arrested, 5 investigated and 215 identified after party that prompts questions over Catalan law enforcement
Police begins shutting down New Year's illegal rave only after two nights amid bewilderment
Police ruled out stopping it at first despite Covid-19 to avoid clashes with the 200 to 300 partygoers
Minutes silence observed throughout Catalonia in tribute to Germanwings flight victims, many of them Catalans
Town halls and the Catalan Parliament, but also private companies, public institutions and a high school related to the victims of the Germanwings aircraft have observed a minutes silence on Wednesday at noon, in tribute to the 150 people killed in the accident in the French Alps. At least 39 of the 51 victims with Spanish nationality were Catalans, although this figure is likely to increase in the coming hours. Many were businesspeople on their way to an agri-food fair in Cologne. Among the victims there was also a group of 16 high school students and 2 teachers from Germany, whom had spent an exchange week in Llinars del Vallès (Greater Barcelona). The high school that hosted them held a homage and mourning tribute. In addition, Barcelona's Liceu Opera Theatre also observed a minutes silence, since baritone Oleg Bryjak and mezzo Maria Radner, and her family, were among the victims.