A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for assaulting elderly women in Callosa de Segura and stealing jewellery which he then pawned off.

The detainee committed six robberies between March and May in the Alicante province town, and did not hesitate to use violence.

An Orihuela court remanded him into pre-trial detention.

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A joint operation between the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional was launched to find him back in March when a woman was assaulted when her car was stationary.

The thief brazenly put his arm through a window, punched her in the face and snatched a gold chain that was around her neck.

Five other street robberies were reported over the following weeks all involving elderly women, some of whom needed hospital treatment.

Descriptions of the assailant provided by the victims helped investigators to identify the man.

Inquiries revealed that he went to Elche to a pawn shop to sell off the stolen jewellery and his description matched that of the suspect.

The items were seized from the store and the women confirmed they were their items.

The man was then arrested in Callosa de Segura and hauled before an Orihuela judge, who sent him to prison.

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ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new passenger record for June with 1.9 million travellers- up 8.4% on a year earlier.

Over a third of the passengers came from the United Kingdom with a total of 656,000 people.

Germany came a distant second with 113,350 followed by the Netherlands with 106,442 and Poland on 90.371.

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Domestic services last month registered just 229,920 travellers- down 3.2% compared to the same month in 2024.

Alicante-Elche airport also recorded a June monthly record for flights with 11,730 services which was an increase of 7.1% over 12 months.

The first half of the year clocked 9.2 million passengers- an increase of 10.3% on 2024’s figures.

It was the only double-digit percentage rise among the top five airports in the country’s network operated by Aena.

Elsewhere Madrid airport had 32.6 million passengers- a 3% increase- followed by Barcelona airport on 27.1 million- a rise of 4.2%;.

Palma de Mallorca was on 14.5 million up to June- a 2.2% increase- and then Malaga with 12.3 million- a 7.8% increase- followed by Alicante-Elche.

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