In a case that shook the local postal system, the Civil Guard detained a former postal clerk in the town of Biara after uncovering a staggering stash of unclaimed mail. He admitted to having gathered more than 20,000 letters at his home, all intended for delivery to residents in the Alicante region. These letters had remained undelivered from 2012 to the present, raising questions about how such a large volume could have accumulated unnoticed while listed as pending mail in the system. The investigation highlighted irregularities within the postal service during his tenure, including a maternity worker who held temporary contracts in 2012 and 2013 that were not renewed as public sector irregularities were being scrutinized.
During May, authorities received a notification from the Head of the Distribution Sector in a district around Alicante city. The information indicated that a construction project in the town of Biara had uncovered a large batch of sealed letters within a recently renovated home. The materials included official correspondence, personal letters, and documentation related to mail collection and delivery. This discovery prompted a more thorough review of the implications for residents and the local postal network, with investigators tracing the unusual paperwork to its origin and potential misplacement within the system.
Following the initial findings, the authorities visited the address in question and confirmed the presence of a substantial quantity of undelivered mail. The mas of cards and documents indicated a pattern of incrementally blocking deliveries slated for 2012 and 2013, all of which pointed to a single sender linked to residents throughout the Alicante region. The scope of the investigation necessitated a careful cross-check of mail logs and property records to determine how such a backlog had grown and persisted for years, raising concerns about safeguarding and accountability within mail handling processes.
Extensive reviews of the returned correspondence and cross-referencing with the postal information database led investigators to focus on a former Post Office employee who previously served as a delivery assistant in 2012 and 2013. He was a resident of Alicante and appeared to be connected to the Biara address where the mail was found, reinforcing suspicions about his role in the misrouting or withholding of mail. The discovered documents were seized by the Civil Guard and placed under the control of the appropriate authorities, with the material held as provisional evidence in accordance with judicial requirements.
On June 1, authorities in Villena, supported by the Civil Guard, executed an arrest at the Biara address. The suspect, a man about 62 years old, is Hispanic and was taken into custody on charges of deception related to the handling of documents. The case was transferred to the Villena Court of Guard and Investigation, where precautionary measures were ordered pending further judicial action. The investigation continues to establish the full extent of the impact on victims and to determine how the mail backlog could have persisted within a public service channel for an extended period without detection.