One of Sunnyview school's high school students lived with his parents and sister in one of the many high rise “tower” apartments of Torremolinos. I believe they lived on the fourth floor, but that’s only an approximation. One day he looked out the window and saw someone trying to steal his bicycle. He grabbed a bb gun and made a citizen’s arrest on the miscreant, marching him to local police headquarters. The police were not gratified to see a civilian taking such a pro-active crime fighting stance.
They weren’t very happy with the bb gun either. After Franco took over as undisputed dictator of Spain, he tried to ensure that civilians did not have guns. That way, his dictatorship could remain undisputed. In 1975, the last year of Franco’s life, rules had been relaxed a little and people with clean records could own small caliber rifles and air guns. But the police were not happy.
As the boy left the station, the police asked him, “Hey, Juan Wayne, do you mind if we make our own arrests next time?”
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