Couple arrested in Arteixo for more than twenty robberies in shops
The Guardia Civil and Local Police arrest a man and a woman for around twenty offences in shops and bars. The judge orders pre-trial imprisonment without bail.
Operation against coordinated robberies
The Guardia Civil of Arteixo, with support from the Local Police, has arrested a couple accused of more than twenty offences against property in shops and hospitality establishments in the municipality of A Coruña. The judge has decreed pre-trial imprisonment, communicated and without bail for both.
According to El Confidencial, the arrests took place on 10 November following investigations that began in early October. The Guardia Civil identified a criminal pattern: five robberies were recorded on a single afternoon in different businesses.
How they operated
The detainees acted in a coordinated manner, according to officers: one kept watch over the entrances whilst the other took items whilst taking advantage of staff distraction. Among the stolen goods were mobile telephone handsets, electronic devices, food products, toys and medical supplies. The bank cards obtained were subsequently used to make fraudulent charges.
The investigations made it possible to clarify one continuing offence of theft, one robbery with violence, one offence of assault and twelve other thefts. They are also accused of taking personal effects from an industrial warehouse.
Assault and storage
In one of the episodes, the alleged perpetrators assaulted a citizen in order to snatch her mobile telephone before fleeing. The material stolen in the various raids was transferred to a building in the town centre, used as a storage point.
The joint operation by both forces culminated in the arrest of the two individuals at eleven in the morning. The operation, according to the Guardia Civil, has made it possible to "dismantle this focus of illicit activity and restore normality in the affected commercial sector". The arrested individuals were placed at the disposal of the First Instance Court of A Coruña.
Source: El Confidencial