this Civil Guard stoped in Rojales and Torrevieja Two young people aged 27 and 24 five jewel heists committed at gunpoint last summer in Vega Baja. Carrying a hammer as well as a pistol to frighten their victims, the assailants loot of about 280,000 euros between jewelery and some cash.
Two people were arrested, one defended by the prosecutor’s office lawyer Jose Soler MartinHe entered precautionary custody last month after appearing in court in Torrevieja. One of those arrested is charged with robberies, another with five assaults on jewelers, and another with attacking a house where he stole a car used in the robberies.
The Torrevieja Forensic Police Team in charge of the investigation seized some of the stolen jewelry, 1,650 euros, a car stolen from a house used by one of the attackers in the robberies, a simulation pistol and ax and other items. The effects, which determined that he was involved in intimidating robberies, became clear. The ax may have been used in criminal acts, but in reports of five robbed jewelers in Vega Baja, the victims mention only a pistol and a hammer.
From data provided by victims and traders in the areas where they operate, investigators learned that they had inspected the place before committing the robberies and even entered jewelry stores pretending to buy a piece, what they were actually doing. The facility made an analysis of security measures.
The first of the robberies was committed last 20 July inside Jewelery workshop in Pilar de la Horada. The two attackers rang the bell of the jewelry store and opened the door, and entered. they pulled out a gun and a hammer to scare the owner. The robbers confiscated about 12,000 euros worth of jewelery and fled.
this 1 August a new attack has been launched Torrevieja jewelry. On this occasion, only one person entered the organization. He was carrying a pistol and a raffia bag that he would later use to store the loot. One of the victims was with a customer, and when the owner of the back store came out, the attacker told him to get down. He ignored her but continued to point the gun at her, scaring her into opening the counter so she could get half a dozen bateas. Jewels worth 56,000 euros.
The same robber reappeared August 18 in a jewelry store Horadada Column, also used a short firearm to threaten the business owner and his two children. robber 6 thousand 250 euros seized Between jewels and money, and after fleeing and appearing in the Civil Guard building, the victim assured that the thief was at the jewelery shop two days ago under the pretext of asking for some gold chains.
this 31 August Another violent robbery reported at a jewelry store Torrevieja. The attacker closed the door with a raffia bag so it wouldn’t close, and after holding the two men at gunpoint, escaped with the precious jewels. Between 150,000 and 200,000 Euros. While fleeing, he was chased by someone in the street. witness who saw him getting into the car and tried to prevent him from escaping. block the road with garbage. The assailant escaped, but the car’s license plate was dropped, a vehicle that appeared to be parked on a street in Torrevieja, later listed as stolen in a house in the municipality of Torrevieja at the end of July.
The wave of theft continued September 9 in a shopping center Ciudad Quesada in Rojales. In this incident, two armed robbers took action again, stealing about 6,000 euros in loot, including jewelery and some cash, and also put a raffia bag so that the door of the building would not be closed while carrying out the attack.
Three days after the robbery in Ciudad Quesada, investigators tracked down the perpetrators of the robbery wave and managed to arrest a man who lived in a house in Rojales where he occasionally slept, while the other lived with an address. in Torrevieja. The second person involved in the incident was arrested by the Civil Guards on September 20.