This National Police stoped Alicante A 37-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman for stealing at least 12 truck batteries worth more than 5,300 euros and about half a ton -440 kilos- aluminum Which caused more than 9,000 euros in economic damage to the affected company, which came from the flanks of the trailers of several heavy vehicles. The aluminum can be recovered by the Police at a junkyard in Alicante and returned to its owner.
HE Central District Police Station Judicial Police Operations Group de Alicante began an investigation after a woman complained that two batteries had been stolen from her truck. Belonging officers took a few steps and, by examining some footage from the security camera in the area where the truck was parked, they were able to identify the license plate of the vehicle used by the two perpetrators of the robbery.
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Thieves took action hire a car to carry out the robbery and avoid being identified by the Police. However, investigators fully identified two perpetrators of the truck battery theft and also linked them to three other complaints in which victims were exposed to the theft of truck batteries. They stole a total of 12 batteries from the five different incidents investigated.
After their identities were established, a search was organized for those under investigation, which resulted in their arrest. In addition to various transports at the time of his arrest tools Investigators found some pieces of paper that turned out to be a bill held by a junkyard that appeared in the name of one of the arrested, possibly used to steal batteries from trucks.
Police then opened a new line of investigation and discovered that it corresponded to the sale of what appeared to be truck trailer sides. Agents searched the affected company and found the legal owner of the aluminum material sold by the individuals under investigation. about one automotive company He said that his financial domicile was in Alicante and that he kept the material in question in the enclosure of an industrial estate in Alicante, where the alleged perpetrators stole it along with other truck parts. All this to a company economic damage of about 9,000 euros.
Agents were able to locate some of the stolen material, and the owner was able to locate the aluminum rims of the trailers of the stolen trucks, which weighed 440 kilograms.
Between batteries and stolen aluminum, Those investigated caused financial damage to the affected companies in excess of 14,300 euros, which must be added to the amount of damage caused.