agents Alicante Local Police They arrested two people this Tuesday morning just minutes after stealing 255 liters of olive and sunflower oil valued at approx. 900 euros, According to Ministry of Security sources, all of the goods were seized.
In addition to the petrol in the vehicle of the detainees, nine packages containing textiles from another company There were also effects inside that were probably stolen.
theft “liquid gold” It was committed – given the current price of oil – at around nine o’clock in the morning on Oscar Esplá street in Alicante. A delivery man emptied a pallet to deliver goods to a well-known restaurant and three men arrived at the scene in a rented van and stole 17 boxes, including five-litre oil drums and one-litre bottles of the same product. .
According to the same sources, the robbery could not be prevented and when the thieves left the scene, one of them fled on foot.
Theft alert
The victim reported the theft and Local Police alerted patrols if they spotted the suspicious van.
The warning paid off and the municipal tow truck service operator found the vehicle in the Casa Mediterráneo area. A local police officer stopped him, but the driver of the van continued driving until he was caught on the road. Martyrs of Freedom marcha few meters away Alicante Marine Square.
The seized minibus was surrounded by police Local police officers from different units. The two men were detained by agents and when they checked the inside of the van, they noticed something was there. seventeen boxes It contained a total of 180 liters of olive oil and 75 liters of sunflower oil.