agents Civil Guard and National Police 2 of 3 people were arrested third degree prisonersforming a criminal group specializing in loot houses taking advantage of the absence of residents. Investigators charge them with four attacks Santa Pola and Guardamar and Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa, and Jacarilla, they suspect they may have been involved in twenty more robberies.
After the theft investigation carried out by the gendarmerie teams, a joint operation was launched. Specialized Crime Group Alicante Judicial Police Brigade and research area From the Santa Pola Civil Guard Post.
“Slip” method
The arrested, Spanish and Algerian nationals, went to the coastal towns in the morning and acted normally. To break the locks on the doors of the houses, they used “slip” or “tracking” methods, which consisted of using a die to obtain a copy of the key to manipulate the cylinder or the bowler, thereby gaining access. houses. This way, homeowners didn’t realize the thefts until they broke into their home and saw it messed up.
Investigators discovered that two of the suspects were inmates admitted to a prison center to which they returned every night after committing their robbery because they were in it. tertiary regime and they went out every day, but not for work as they usually are in these situations. When they returned to the prison to spend the night, the young people parked their cars in front of the door, got into the car again the next morning and toured various districts of the city and committed new robberies.
The National Police and Civil Guard have accused them of four burglaries at homes in Santa Pola and Guardamar del Segura, and their involvement in commissions of twenty other burglaries at homes in Orihuela Costa, Torrevieja, is still under investigation. and Jacarilla. .
jewels
to those arrested in Alicante In addition to a fanny pack containing jewelry and valuables allegedly stolen recently, master keys and other useful tools to carry out the robberies were seized. was also carried out Three residency registrations in Alicante and Elche where agents tampered with allegedly stolen jewelry and valuables, as well as more materials and tools than those used to pierce the locks of homes.
Prisoners aged 55, 58 and 62 were handed over to the police station. Alicante’s court of protection and the two were given prison sentences.