TWO Torrevieja Policia Native officers have been jailed for demanding cash from companies to keep away from fines for alleged regulation breaking.

One officer was given 5 years behind bars at an Elche courtroom over two counts of extortion.

He was fined €5,400 and barred from working for any council or state entity for 12 years.

A second officer was convicted of bribery and obtained three-and-a-half years in jail, a €3,800 high quality, and will get a ten-year work ban.

A Serbian nationwide who helped the corrupt officers was jailed for 3 years.

Two different law enforcement officials and a jeweller had been acquitted.

The crimes had been dedicated in 2017.

A Chinese language restaurant proprietor in Torrevieja was instructed that he had damaged a number of legal guidelines and would get fortnightly visits with fines every time of as much as €10,000.

The officers instructed him {that a} €40,000 cost would make the issue obtained away, however the proprietor stood his floor, and knocked their demand right down to €6,000.

He by no means paid it however recorded one of many threatening conversations which he handed over to the Guardia Civil.

One other enterprise proprietor was requested for cover cash totalling €20,000 however the demand fell right down to €2,000, which once more was not paid with Guardia officers observing one of many conferences.

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