By Richard Torné
A Mojacar taxi driver who recently launched a WhatsApp group chat to alert residents of criminal activity in the area says the initiative has proved so successful membership has almost quadrupled in less than a month.
Ginés Artero, 45, launched the ‘Alertas y Seguridad’ (alerts and security) WhatsApp group at the end of January following a spike in burglaries in Mojacar and after seeing friends start up a similar initiative in Cantoria, Huércal Overa and Olula del Río.
In one incident two weeks ago, three hooded men were chased by police after breaking into a property in the Mojacar neighbourhood of Cuesta de los Almeces thanks to an alert flagged up by a member of the group.
