27 Aug, 2019 @ 11:21
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TRASH: Binmen suspended after tossing rubbish bags into riverbed on Spain’s Costa del Sol

CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Binmen tossing rubbish into the riverbed

TWO bin men are being investigated after footage emerged of them tossing rubbish bags into a river while on the job. 

The unnamed municipal workers have been suspended without pay after they were filmed picking up several bags left next to a full bin and throwing them into a nearby stream in Marbella. 

The 90-second clip, which has since gone viral on social media, was filmed on Calle Bronze. 

Both workers believed no one was watching as they worked in the black of night, tossing at least six bags into the riverbed. 

A local was hiding across the street, filming them the whole time. 

Marbella town hall has described their act as illegal and a ‘very serious’ offence. 

Mayor Angeles Munoz said she was ‘tremendously ashamed of the behaviour’ of the workers.

The local who filmed the binmen claimed it was not the first time they had thrown rubbish into the stream. 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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