A gang of thieves attacked early this monday a ATM after that blow up with explosives and ran away with a important booty for now, it’s encrypted with something more than 40.000 €. this raidersthose who use hoods and ski masks to prevent security camera recordingused two high-end vehicles stolen from different parts of Valencia shortly before the attack. this perpetrators of the robbery They got rid of those cars, an Audi and a BMW, set them on fire chiva polygon to remove any traces that could identify them. agents National Police already opened one An investigation has been launched to identify and arrest the attackers.
The attack occurred after half past four this Sunday morning at a Bankinter institution ATM located at the bank’s confluence. Alfahuir Street meets Duque de Mandas Streetin Valencian Sant Llorenc neighborhoods. thieves they introduced the explosive to the cashier and after detonating they took the money which was just over 40,000 euros. Then they fled in the two halls, a BMW and an AudiBefore the police arrived, he was warned by several neighbors. They called 112 hearing the explosion and seeing the ensuing fire that damaged a van and a car parked outside the bank.
this Civil Guard then warned that these two vehicles were found, burned, in the Chiva polygon. The two cars were recently stolen in Valencia, and their owners hadn’t even noticed because they were resting at home.
explosive analysis
agents scientific police they inspected earlier today cashier remains They took samples to determine if the thieves had used acetylene, one of the most used chemical products for this purpose. tape type because it’s ‘cleaner’ and the glow they cause wouldn’t damage the banknotes or if they used explosives. Some of the bands performing in Spain in recent years had stopped. explosion cashiers explosive called ‘mother of the devil’ given the love some jihadist groups have for him. triacetone triperoxide, scientific name used gaseous formjust like acetylene.
this Clumsy attack on Bankinter ATM It’s happening this morning for the first time in two years. in 2020just before outbreak of the pandemic and shortly after its expiration quarantine, There have been four such attacks in C. Valenciana. this was first on Torrentin March and the following happened els Poblets (Denia) and Santa Pola. The fourth and last one was processed at the end of October. Paterna Technology Park. So far, there have been no arrests related to these robberies.
Last June, agents Civil Guard Central Operational Unit (UCO) He arrested seven members of Europe’s most active gang in an explosive attack on ATMs in a coordinated operation with Europol. Spain, Belgium and Romania. they were accused 22 criminal acts committed Between 2019 and 2020, it brought in 1.5 million euros in profits in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France.
They are accused of seven attacks on ATMs in our country, all in the northwest. When they operated in Spain, they had their base of operations in Ribadeo (Lugo).