Disbands criminal gang that stole jewels and watches worth three million euros from Verratti in Ibiza

There is seven people were arrested belonging to an Albanian crime syndicate who allegedly robbed a villa on the island where they confiscated luxury watches and jewellery. worth about three million euros.

At the time of the arrest of two members of the organization, the stolen items were found in the house “in the secret compartments of the vehicle in which they were traveling,” as the National Police explained.

In total, three recordings were made. in the province of Malaga and on the Balearic island of Ibiza, where there are influences that relate them to others 15 attacks on luxury homes in the provinces of Alicante, Malaga and Murcia.

Beginning of the investigation

The investigation began at the end of 2021, when several thefts were detected at luxury villas living in Costa del Sol, Murcia and Ibiza on dates such as New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve. During the robberies, the victims’ property was confiscated. It’s worth 300,000 euros.

Initial investigations by the National Police led him to learn that the criminal network was “perfectly organized and structured” and that his base was in Albania, where they went to Spain for the time necessary to carry out the attacks on the chosen homes.

In addition, the agents were able to verify the security measures they took to carry out the attacks. large displacement vehicles In addition to providing security to the powerful passenger vehicles that carry the attackers to the town where they carried out the robbery, it also has the functions of “providing them in flight”.

As a result of the investigations, it was ensured that the agencies learned that the vehicles they used were rented and selected according to their power, then they changed their license plates with other models with the same features and disabled the geo-positioning systems as a security precaution.

Big business people or celebrities

At this point in the investigation, agents were able to determine that “the organization chose the homes of big business or celebrities” to carry out the attacks and that it “has documents with selected homes in select areas across the country”.

The National Police also confirmed that before the criminals carried out the robberies, they visited the villas to ascertain the conditions of access to the ground as well as the security measures the homes had.

During the raids that began in the past “climbing the perimeter walls of housesThey used disguises and sophisticated transmission equipment to communicate between participants in criminal acts,” they explained in the note.

The steps taken managed to find a place. married couple residing in Malaga, He said he maintains strong ties with criminal organization members and performs all the logistical tasks they need to carry out the attacks, ensuring they find vehicles, money, shelter and a home to carry out the attacks.

At a certain point in the investigation, the agents learned that the people in charge of the organization had visited the cities of Malaga, Barcelona and Ibiza on the same day, causing them to suspect that they were considering committing some criminal activity.

On June 28, after learning that members of the criminal network may be guilty Travel by ferry from the island of Ibiza to DeniaA surveillance device has been installed in the port, while agents learn of a robbery at a luxury villa of a famous football player, in which they will steal jewelery and watches worth nearly three million euros.

luxury watches in airbag

As soon as they detected the suspects’ presence, agents stopped the vehicle and the two suspected members of the organization and found several of the suspects in the passengers’ airbag compartment. Luxury watches stolen during the heist that appears to have taken place in Ibiza.

The concealment method they used to hide the rest of the stolen watches and jewelry prompted the Technical Responses Operation Group to intervene to place the stolen items in different secret compartments of the vehicle.

Following the arrest of these two members of the criminal network, agents identified the other five members of the organization in Malaga province. After his arrest, two house searches were carried out in Ibiza, as well as the municipalities of Málaga Valle-Niza and Chilches, during which items allegedly allowed the detainees to be charged in another 15 attacks on luxury homes – nine in Malaga provinces and four in Murcian municipalities in nine years and two in the Alicante towns of Pilar de la Horadada and Torremolinos.