For many, German import vehicles have always been synonymous with relatively inexpensive luxury for those who cannot afford to buy one in Spain. due to high price and because these are assumed to be more reliable. “I brought it from Germany and here it is half the price”, many have heard this phrase many times. What about the Technical Vehicle Inspection documents? Elche Police Station detained a woman in the Elche district of Torrellano. running an ITV fraud scheme. The National Police Service says they are now charged with document forgery and forgery.
police investigation It all started last May with the arrest of two German citizens driving vehicles that had falsified German MOTs. Given these facts, agents National Police He was assigned to the Alicante Provincial Police Station’s Illegal Vehicle Traffic Group (UDYCO). Investigation of these smuggling related crimesThey started doing a series of checks. purpose of finding the place this is where MOTs are falsified.
Car park
After various checks Agents located the vehicles in question at a parking lot in the Torrellano area. Given the possibility that the ITV defacements in question were being carried out in this car park, agents conducted an inspection of its premises, where they detected some ten German vehicles. whose MOTs were falsified.
“Agents They contacted the owners of the vehicles in question who are most They stated that the parking lot owners warned themThe police stated in their report that after parking their vehicle there, their vehicle’s ITV had expired or was about to expire and they offered them the power to renew it. Due to renewal, vehicle owners They paid between 300 and 370 euros depending on the situation.
german police
At the same time, the agents in charge of this investigation contacted German police officers who confirmed that the vehicles under investigation did not pass ITV in Germany and In some cases it had expired for several years.. In addition, representatives received an email containing a conversation between the car park and one of their customers in which they offered to pass the MOT.
Given these events, agents located the two owners of the parking lot, a man and a woman of Spanish and German nationality, aged 49 and 40, respectively. All procedures and The actions taken by the agents during the investigation were brought to the attention of the Court of Inquiry He acts as the protector of Elche.
5,000 vehicles in Crevillent
Over the years the problems with ITV have grown because there are more and more problems. More old vehicles and car owners looking for illegal solutions Being able to move around without having to follow safety recommendations. This is the case of a Crevillentino who was arrested for running a network that allowed 5,000 vehicles to travel with ITV and never made it through. In an operation uncovered last December.