By Cathy Elelman • Published: 01 Dec 2019 • 17:30
Pretended to be spy CREDIT: Policia Nacional
A POLICE investigation into a robbery in Denia led to the bust of a crime gang operating across Alicante. Police have linked the organisation to more than 30 cases of house break-ins and violent thefts in several areas, including La Nucia and Javea, as well as in Murcia. In the Denia robbery the thieves got hold of a credit card, among other items, which they used to withdraw a large amount of money from a cashpoint. Police reported the gang would cruise round a chosen area in three vehicles looking for properties or individuals to target, using violence to steal what they wanted if necessary. To access homes the thieves broke front door locks, forced their way through, or used credit cards or a piece of plastic to get in. When it came to vehicles they concentrated on touristy areas, looking for cars with foreign plates or rentals to smash the windows and take items from inside. According to police the gang sent the stolen items abroad by road or sea hidden among baggage. In searches of four properties police seized large amounts of stolen goods, including jewellery, cash, electronic devices and designer clothes. The operation resulted in seven arrests. The detained individuals, who are aged from 30 to 59, face charges including membership of a criminal organisation, breaking into properties and vehicles, and violent theft and intimidation.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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