15 Mar, 2020 @ 16:52
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WATCH: English-speaking cyclist GRABBED by police on Spain’s Costa del Sol who scream ‘you cannot be on the street’ amid coronavirus lockdown

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THIS is the moment an English-speaking cyclist appears to be manhandled by police in Spain amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. 

The widely shared clip shows the man being stopped by Policia Local who begin shouting at him. 

One of the officers is then seen grabbing him off his bike while yelling ‘you cannot be on the street!’

The 30-second clip is reported to have been recorded in Marbella today. 

It comes as the whole country has been placed on lockdown, meaning residents can only leave their homes for essential travel. 

Meanwhile, all businesses have been ordered to close apart from supermarkets, petrol stations, health centres and pharmacies. 

Other exceptions include hairdressers, opticians and launderettes and dry cleaners. 

Police have been given extra powers to enforce the crackdown with anyone disobeying the royal decree facing fines of up to €600, according to El Mundo. 

The number of cases in Spain has now neared 8,000. 

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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1 Comment

  1. How can it be right that cyclists riding solo in the fresh air are banned, and fined and dragged from their bikes yet it is ok to go for a haircut? Is it ok to cycle to the butcher, baker, tobacconist, supermarket, pharmacy, optician or hairdresser?

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