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Mayor of Polop de la Marina, Alejandro Ponsoda, was killed in October 2007 because he opposed a real estate plan.The Guardia Civil on Thursday arrested a suspect in Albatera and reports are now that they are continuing to search for two foreign professional hit men, at least one of them thought to be Czech.
Members of the local Town Hall are under investigation as part of the case.
The movement in the case comes two years after the Mayor was shot outside his home. He died in hospital eight days after the attack.If the police are correct this is the first assassination in Spain carried out because of a real estate deal.
Current Mayor of the town, Juan Cano, has spoken of his ‘personal satisfaction’ that an arrest has taken place in the case, and said he thought more detentions were likely.

Spain is the largest cocaine consumer in the European Union (EU), a report by the European drug monitoring authority showed on Thursday. While marijuana consumption slightly fell among the Spaniards, cocaine consumption has spread in the country.
Over the past year, 3.1 percent of the Spaniards admitted having consumed cocaine, while 1.1 percent said they did it in the past month, according to the report presented by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. During the last four of five years, Spain's cocaine consumption has stabilized after registering a large increase in the years before. But "this is small progress, there is still much to do," the report said. In addition, 10.1 percent of the Spaniards aged between 15 and 64 years admitted having consumed marijuana in the past year, compared with the 11.2 percent a year before, while 7.1 percent said they had used it in the past month compared with 8.7 percent a year earlier. Wolfgang Goetz, director of the drug monitoring body, said that cocaine’s easy availability in the European market was one of the reasons for its spread

Danish man sought in connection with Jutland woman’s murder reportedly arrested in Spain Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen....

Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.

The arrest was made late last night in the city of Zaragoza, said Bent Thuesen, spokesman for the police in southern Jutland.

Andersen, 52, disappeared on 26 September after an office party in the town of Haderslev. Her body was found at the bottom of Haderslev Fjord a week later bound to a lead block.
Knudsen had left his home days before the find and was last seen on 29 September, just south of the German border.

Police subsequently arrested Knudsen in absentia and an international warrant was issued for his capture.

Within the next few days Knudsen will be extradited to Denmark and officially charged with the crime

Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.Danish man sought in connection with Jutland woman’s murder reportedly arrested in Spain Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.The arrest was made late last night in the city of Zaragoza, said Bent Thuesen, spokesman for the police in southern Jutland.Andersen, 52, disappeared on 26 September after an office party in the town of Haderslev. Her body was found at the bottom of Haderslev Fjord a week later bound to a lead block.
Knudsen had left his home days before the find and was last seen on 29 September, just south of the German border.Police subsequently arrested Knudsen in absentia and an international warrant was issued for his capture.Within the next few days Knudsen will be extradited to Denmark and officially charged with the crime