The Catalan Police have arrested three residents of El Prat de Llobregat in Barcelona, as alleged perpetrators of a number of robberies from service stations of the AP-7 motorway.
The information was released on Tuesday, stating that the incident took place at around 4 o´clock on Friday morning, when a group of five men, driving in two vehicles, allegedly committed a number f thefts of objects from inside parked cars and trucks, including the purse belonging to a woman of Moroccan origin, who was travelling with her family, containing around 600 euro in cash.
The family noticed the theft when they returned to their vehicle at the service area, trying to locate the purse in the hope of retrieving their documentation at least. However, they were more surprised by what they actually found, a group of around 30 people, mostly truckers, who had seemingly caught and detained the robbers, and were holding them against their will.
At around 5 o´clock, a police patrol attended and found the scene to be calm, with a group of truckers and the Moroccan family having two of the suspected robbers in their care, the pair who had also seemingly received injuries for some reason.
Upon searching the two detained individuals, the officers found that they were in possession of a purse which matched the description of the one stolen.
Of the five people involved in the crimes, two managed to flee in one vehicle, two others were “detained” by the group, and a fifth was caught by the police after he returned to the scene and was identified by the truckers.
The three thieves, all of Spanish nationality and between the ages of 30 and 33, were arrested on suspicion of a crime of theft. They were brought before the courts who have released them on bail.
The two injured members of the group were treated for their injuries at hospital, both suffering concussion, one with injuries to his hand, the other with a dislocated shoulder.
It is not thought that the police are looking for any other suspects, other than the two who escaped originally.
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