Local Police El Campello, Thanks to citizen cooperation, He caught the public installation thief red-handed. The man’s intention was dealing with stolen material, According to municipal sources.
A police operation was launched after receiving a call from El Campello Local Police Station. neighbor reporting a man’s “suspicious” behavior (wearing a yellow vest and carrying a black backpack) was touching the street lights in a nearby park. She was watching from home and called to make sure.
The officer on duty sent two patrol cars to the scene, which were conducting preventive surveillance in the urban area at the time. Displaced agents located the man described by the neighbor “immediately and unambiguously.” squatting and manipulating large amount of cable comes from public lighting.
When the person involved finds himself without a possible way out or excuse, He showed the agents a screwdriver, some pliers and a professional electrician’s insulated wire stripping knife. and showed me exactly where he started cutting the cable. Police confirmed that the cut, thickness and color of the material matched.
Agents began arresting him and then contacted the city electricians on duty. They began repairing the cable, assessing the damage, and restoring public lighting service.
The recovered material consists of: 750 meters of cable, approximate market value is 2,250 Euros.