In an attack on a house in Paterna (Valencia), two people shouted “Open the door, police!” yell. Alleged attackers They put knives on their victims’ necks and they threaten him Get back 8,000 euros that one of them lent him a loan, plus $4,000 in interest; 12,000 euros in total. All of these would have been news anyway, but the most curious thing about the incident is that both the person who was attacked and one of the suspects were law enforcement officers and When their patrol mates met at the Mislata police station.
Internal Affairs Unit (UAI) The National Police arrested this 41-year-old agent and the other man, who together allegedly entered the complainant’s property to intimidate her, on the night of September 11 at a building complex in Paterna. Both men arrested were brought to justice for extortion, robbery with violence in an inhabited house and use of dangerous instruments. Judge granted freedom with 300 meter restraining order It’s about the sacrifice.
Internal Affairs investigations began when the Valencian National Police received a complaint about an alleged incident from a 40-year-old agent of the Robbery group. crime robbery in an inhabited house through violence and intimidation. In these, the complainant had already identified a former colleague as one of the alleged attackers, so UAI immediately claimed responsibility, although it said nothing about the money he allegedly lent him months earlier.
According to the complainant, his former patrol mate and another man he said he did not know came to his home on the night of September 11, knocked on the door, identified themselves as police officers, and then closed the peephole. and as soon as they opened the door, they violently attacked the house. When he gets inside, he blames the police officer. The other held a knife to his neck while holding him on the couch.. Likewise, they search the house looking for money and scold him, saying that they know there is a lot of money in the house.
They were caught on security cameras
After reviewing the records Security cameras of the Paterna complex Investigators in the area where the alleged attack took place confirmed that the two suspects were captured by the same people who entered that night. It is a fact that is not in dispute, but there are reasons and circumstances under which this “visit” occurred.
Apparently it all started when the currently detained police officer loaned 8,000 euros to his former partner, who was no longer active, before the summer with the idea: Make a profit of 12,000 euros. Police are investigating whether this was a malicious loan or whether the money was given to invest in the stock market, according to one of those involved.
The complainant would come to inquire about collection after months of allegedly not returning calls from the agency that loaned him the loan, with no response. Those arrested, defended by lawyers Vicente Monzó and Alberto Gil They deny intimidating or using violence against him in any way, and they assure us that this is a false complaint.
The complainant was summoned to the court on duty to take his statement and thereby clarify some aspects of what happened. After appearing in court, the judge agreed to release both men arrested on a simple restraining order.