Within the framework of the Contanza-Mestalla Operation, officers from the Guardia Civil, in a joint operation with the National Police, have arrested thirteen people for their alleged membership of a highly organised criminal group specialised in robbery with force in warehouses and companies.
The investigations began when three robberies occurred in the same weekend at companies in industrial estates in the province of Valencia. By analysing the facts, it was possible to determine that they had been executed by the same criminal group based in Madrid, made up of people who had numerous police records for similar acts. In addition, it was possible to prove their involvement in robberies of companies in other provinces, such as Toledo, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Santander, Teruel, Granada, Burgos, Madrid, Seville, and Toledo.
The group always acted at night, with a strict distribution of tasks: logistics -those who are dedicated to the acquisition of false identity documents or vehicle rental, among other functions-, surveillance, planning, driving and, finally, dominating experts of the technique of “rififi” or access through the roof, using their own methods of climbing and rappelling.
The level of specialisation has also been verified by the use of front men for the rental of vehicles to be used in robberies, obtaining falsified documents to facilitate impunity and hinder investigative action, expertise in disabling geolocation devices in vans and trucks stolen from companies, as well as the extensive network of receivers to dispose of the large amounts of effects that are stolen.
Among the eight robberies that are attributed to the group, the two perpetrated in companies located in the Valencian towns of Paterna and Xirivella, in which the valuation of the stolen effects, electronic cigarettes and food products, respectively, had a great dimension in terms of the damage caused. amounted to almost 700,000 euro.
Finally, once the entire group had been identified and the evidence proving their involvement in the robberies had been obtained, the members were arrested in two phases, the first in mid-May where seven people were arrested. and the second phase at the beginning of June with the arrest of six members of this criminal group, seizing a large amount of cash and tools to open safes.
The detainees are accused of 28 criminal acts of robbery, falsification of a public document and a crime of belonging to a criminal organisation.
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