Prior surveillance, selection of objectives, analysis of the exhaust routes and coordination among the entire equipment with encrypted phones. Thus a band of thieves acted to carry out, especially in the south of the Peninsula. Set based on Murcia, they moved through other provinces to perpetrate their crimes always coinciding for weekends and holidays. Then, they returned with a loot formed by jewelry, high -end watches or cash that hid in hidden holes on the walls of their homes. It has been arrested the twelve members of this organization who, after being brought to court, have been released.
Several robberies made at the beginning of the year in Casas de la Serranía de Ronda and the – both areas of the interior of the province of Malaga – put on the Civil Guard alert, which also detected other robberies in Córdoba. All complaints had aspects in common, such as criminals agreed to forcing doors, bars or windows and that were taken very specific objects: jewelry, watches, cash, electronic devices and safes. In addition, they always chose houses in the countryside or located in isolated urbanizations, according to sources close to the investigation. ”, Underline the same sources.
The similarities of the assaults made the agents think that it was a single organized group and, little by little, the hypothesis was confirmed. . In fact, there was a logistics infrastructure in which some of these people were in charge of renting vehicles with false documentation, cars with which they perpetrated robberies. Then, other budins were responsible for the surveillance of the areas where the houses were, select which were the most interesting objectives and define what the most interesting route was to guarantee the flight.
Finally, they cut the exterior metal fences of the farm and then forced doors or windows to enter. They always did hooded and with the faces covered to avoid being recognized by the security cameras of the real estate, which captured them by campaigning their wide by the homes.
There the performance always lasted just a few minutes until they found what they were looking for and then fled at full speed thanks to their cronies that were waiting for them. They did it first to a series of security housing located in different locations in the south of the Peninsula. All, in addition, to hinder their communication, as reported by the Civil Guard in a statement.
Arrests in Murcia
The armed institute finally arrested last May to the twelve members of this organization in several municipalities of, where they had settled and from where they made trips to commit their robberies. In the three home records made after the arrests were found electronic devices and tools they used for the robberies commission, in addition to 12,400 euros in metallic numerous jewels, which were hidden in small hides hidden in sight on the walls.
The detainees were made available to the Court of Instruction number 9 of Murcia that has been coordinated with that of the Court of Instruction number 1 of Round that is responsible for the case. They made it accused of crimes of criminal organization, robberies with force and documentary falsehood. The judge decreed the freedom of them all.
The operation – denominated Wiring-Cepa-Gratus– It has allowed to dismantle the entire band and clarify up to 150 robberies with force committed in towns and cities of the provinces of Malaga, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Sevilla, Cádiz, Cuenca, Cáceres, Badajoz and Ávila. The investigation has been carried out by agents belonging to the companies of the Civil Guard of Ronda and Antequera, in addition to the main position of Montilla (Córdoba) and the collaboration of other guards of the Civil Guard of Murcia
