National Police agents arrested four people for alleged perpetrators of a scam in the public parking lot of Alicante-Elche Airport, after discovering a conspiracy to avoid paying parking fees using what’s known in police slang for a “little train”. writers, after activating the parking barrier only once, They took the opportunity to pass several cars in a row without paying the stay and created an economic loss of about 6,000 euros.
It all started a few months ago with the appearance of agents from the US investigation group. Airport Border Post Alicante–Elchehas detected abnormalities in the daily passage of some vehicles at the airport facilities. So, they started a special device, starting by watching the images captured by the cameras located in the entrance and exit areas of the affected Airport parking lot.
It took several months of investigation to uncover a scam called the “little train” in police slang, in which several vehicles follow one another without paying a parking fee at the same time (parking barrier).
In the analysis of the images, they found that many vehicles left the airport parking lot without paying the specified amount.
shuttle
Way to act to avoid known fees as “little train” in police slang, was this; He was approaching with a shuttle ticket, which normally stays in the parking lot no more than 15 minutes to be free of charge.open exit barriers Taking advantage of this unique opening window, several vehicles were allowed to pass one after another without paying the set amount for their stay.
Researchers have confirmed that fraudulent app It was carried out in a short time with more than 100 different vehicles. After painstaking police efforts, they confirmed that the shuttles and shadow vehicles (vehicles that crossed the barrier illegally) belonged to people who had left their homes. Vehicles from the same company car parking, while enjoying your stay abroad.
Employees of a company
During the investigation, the police managed to identify the three drivers who committed the fraud and were employees of the same car parking company they were arrested. as persons alleged to be perpetrators of a fraudulent crime.
All indications are that those arrested may have been carrying out these illegal vehicle movements for several months, so police estimates, Due to these facts, the amount defrauded could be more than 6,000 Euros.. Trials are still ongoing and the possibility of more arrests in the coming days cannot be ruled out.
Night Court
Three Spaniards and one Romanian, aged between 30 and 50, were arrested and brought before the Investigation Court. Elche Guard functions.