The National Police Service closes Operation Zodiac with five arrests in Elche and Murcia; This made it possible to put an end to a gang consisting of people aged between 19 and 42, of various nationalities, who specialized in bursting safes in commercial centres. . The trial is being administered by a court in Madrid, where the suspects were transferred to testify. There were eight complaints of theft worth up to €65,000 and, as Home Affairs announced in a memo, these incidents could have been committed in Elche, Alicante, Torrevieja or Murcia. They operated according to a modus operandi we often see in movies: They stayed inside after closing to play it cool.
The group gave a traveling performance so as not to raise suspicion and always in large commercial areas Towns like Torrevieja, Alicante, Elche or Murcia. The group was: perfectly organizedWhile manipulating the box at the store’s main entrance to disable the security circuit. Other times its members hid inside one of the organizations This way, they can take the contents of the safe when closing time comes.
The police operation that made the arrests consisted of: Elche Police Station Judicial Police Brigade Investigation Group III and for the group Special Crime of the Supreme Headquarters of Murcia (UDEV). They are accused of robbery by force and falsification of documents. To complete the operation, three searches were carried out in houses in the city of Madrid.
Nationwide operation
The investigation arose as a result of three robberies at several businesses in a famous shopping mall in Murcia. They stole approximately 14 thousand euros from the safes. As agents discovered, they accessed businesses to make these happen minutes before the ring closes and after hiding in a corner, they waited until all the people and workers left the enterprise and came out of their hiding places and steal money from the safe.
In parallel, Elche Police Station was investigating the theft. Various clothing items worth 675 euros at a store at a local mall. The mode of operation in this case consisted of: manipulating seat belt box Since it is located at the main entrance of the facility disable system The alarm is designed to protect any clothing in the establishment.
After examining the images examined by both investigation units, it was concluded that they were the perpetrators of the theft at the Elche business. They were also involved in robberies at the shopping mall. of Murcia.
Different robberies
Thanks to the progress made in the investigation and the efforts made together with other police forces and the investigation of all criminal acts, Agents confirmed that this criminal network participated in different robberies carried out in different cities in Spain.They used the same course of action by hiding inside workplaces.
One of these took place at another business in Elche. Writers stole various products For a swimming pool that causes economic losses to the establishment more than 20,000 euros. Two more robberies were committed in shopping malls in Torrevieja and San Javier, where the same incident occurred. modus operandi and stole the safes containing 26 thousand euros.
After the identities of all members of the organization are determined, in order to determine and center the addresses of those under investigation, those responsible for research groups After a while, they went to Madrid. surveillance and tracking device 5 people, all members, were arrested from the same criminal group.
home records
After the arrests, three house calls In the town of Madrid, where Multiplication keys are used to realize the “impressive” opening technique, cylinder pullerspray to disable alarm sensors, two jammers, different IDs to extort identities, clothing matching reported thefts, cell phones, as well as two tools and several high-end watches.
Elche Police Station is ending a month full of major interventions against criminals.