The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 24-year-old man after finding the body of another man, completely dismembered, inside a suitcase in the center of Vilanova i la Geltrú, in the Garraf region. As reported by El Caso and confirmed by ARA, the suitcase was found by a cleaning worker this Saturday morning next to a dumpster on Carrer del Aigua, very close to Plaça de l'Anxaneta. The worker notified the emergency services at 7:39 a.m., and the local police and Mossos d'Esquadra quickly cordoned off the area. Shortly after, according to police sources, municipal police officers arrested a man, the deceased's roommate, as the prime suspect in the crime. The arrest came after a brief chase: the alleged murderer, when the local police arrived at the apartment where they lived, attempted to flee by jumping off the balcony to another building. According to ARA, it was a squatted apartment on Lepant Street, not far from where the body was found. Local officers had already identified both individuals due to previous cohabitation and civility issues.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) are investigating the death of a man found with signs of foul play this Thursday morning in the Francesc Macià Gardens in Vilanova i la Geltrú, in the Garraf region. Municipal sources indicate that the victim was homeless and that the police are working to clarify the circumstances of the death.

Some 150,000 people in five municipalities in the Garraf and Baix Penedès regions were confined for more than seven hours this Saturday due to a fire that devastated a swimming pool chemical company. The flames produced a large cloud of smoke containing hydrochloric acid particles, forcing restrictions on movement in Vilanova i la Geltrú, the Roquetas de San Pedro de Ribes area, Cubelles, Cunit, and Calafell from 5:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. While emergency services worked to extinguish the fire, residents were unable to leave their homes and had to close doors and windows to avoid the toxic cloud. Businesses were closed, and all scheduled activities were canceled. Once it was determined that there was no risk to the public, the government lifted the restriction. Air monitoring indicates that there are no more suspended chlorine residues in the area, and the Generalitat Fire Department expects to extinguish the fire in the next few hours.