agents National Police And Mossos d’Esquadra Arrested on July 3 Benidorm Two Romanian nationals accused of committing 14 robberies of hotel safes in Barcelona and two more robberies in the city of Barcelona between June 2022 and May 2023 Alicante It happened last June. Loot from robberies exceeded 50,000 euro cash and various jewellery.
The detainees who enter the prison are part of a criminal organization operating in other European Union (EU) countries such as Germany, Austria, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Therefore, the investigation, which is still open, was carried out. in coordination with Europol and other members of the group outside of Spain were arrested.
The following day, after the two suspects were arrested in Benidorm, the following address was entered and searched: The Bay in La Vila Joiosa A kit for entering the rooms and opening the safes, a thousand euros in cash, jewelery thought to be stolen, hotel cards and a vehicle with different clothes found during the events were seized.
thieves they entered hotel rooms without a trace and as soon as they got inside, they made a hole in the side at the height of the pistons, forcing it to break the safe, thereby releasing the closing mechanism of the safe door. when open, they took the money and the jewels where hotel guests leave, but do not have passports or other personal documents.
They acted like customers
The detainees entered the hotel posing as customers and searched for possible victims who left their rooms to break in and steal the items they had left in the safes.
Also, in some cases, they even stayed at the hotel the night before to check out different customers and select those who thought they could store cash in the safes.
During the investigation, an operational meeting was held with other European countries (Europol) to cross the intelligence data that served to locate and ultimately arrest those being investigated. The detainees had a high level of mobility on European soil, and some who cooperated with them were hospitalized. Imprisoned in Austria and Portugal.
National Police agents participated in the operation. Alicante Judicial Police Provincial Brigade Special Crime Group and the General Commissioner of the Judicial Police of Madrid, the Mobile Crime Group. On behalf of Mossos d’Esquadra, agents from the Investigation Units in Barcelona’s Eixample district and the Multiple Re-offender Unit of the Barcelona Crime Investigation District participated.