This weekend saw officers of HM Customs make several drug and tobacco smuggling related arrests. The first saw 30-year-old local, John Clancy arrested for the possession of 20 grams of herbal cannabis that was found in his bag. Clancy pleaded guilty in court this morning. A pre-sentencing report has been authorised.
The Government has said that the Opposition do themselves no favours by highlighting the position of arrears of housing rent. A spokesperson said: “They have the cheek to complain that these stand at £4.9 million when no less than £4 million of that sum was actually inherited from them during their time in office!”
The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset is making a routine visit to the Rock prior to commencing a six month operational deployment East of Suez.
The Governor, Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton, continued his familiarisation of British Forces Gibraltar with a visit to RAF Gibraltar today.
