Friday, August 17, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - The illegal beach selling problem in northern Mallorca

Following recent actions by police forces in the north of Mallorca against illegal selling on the beaches, here is a review of what mayors in the area are saying.

Comment: This issue is probably being heightened because there is now a unified police unit in the north, so its co-ordination in itself leads to greater numbers of "arrests", but as the article points out, there is very little the police can really do. When people complain that the police should do this or do that, they fail to understand that there aren't enough police as it is and that the problem of illegal selling has been the same for years in that detentions can be made but those detained don't have money with which to pay fines, often they don't have documentation or any obvious fixed abode. The police end up having to let them go.

See more: Diario de Mallorca

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