Crack down on illegal taxis at Alicante Airport.............

[Donna P]

Hi Chumleys
I have just heard of an incident at Alicante over the weekend involving police and illegal taxi people. Does anyone have any further info ? Details are sketchy at the moment but it seems to have sent a wave of panic through taxi drivers in Mazarron as well.

Regards
Donna x

[Big Sis..]

Hi Donna ..

Just emailed Paula[her hubby does pickups] and she said A Taxi was stopped and the driver was supposed to name the people in the car[as he didnt have a Taxi Licence]
..Good Job they dont stop me as I dont know who I am most of the time... ..
Apparently they tend to do this at the beginning of the season as a bit of a warning....
A Neighbour was fined quite a lot of money when he was caught last year...

[Donna P]

Hi Big Sis

Thanks for that. I always wondered why my taxi man greets me as a long lost friend !!!!!!!!..................Just though he was an over-friendly guy, now I realise he is just trying to save his butt !

Thanks again

Donna x

[Alan Knighting]

A Neighbour was fined quite a lot of money when he was caught last year

Oh dear! What sort of neighbours do you have? Those who run illegal taxi services it would seem.

Alan

[Big Sis..]

Hi Alan..

Its not quite as bad as that... but thanks for your concern..
Though i dont know the people that well... theyre spanish...but they had arranged to pick someone up from the airport for someone who rents out
...so had a board with the name on...and as they hadnt a specific licence they were fined[Im sure they wont be volunteering again]
The police are there really to stop these Taxi drivers who fleece the holidaymakers but as he hadnt a licence to pick people up he was fined...
The legit Spanish Taxi drivers take a dim view as of course they pay to pick up at the airports...