An ‘itinerant commando’ that carried out violent assaults on homes inhabited by Spain falls


The Civil Guard has arrested seven individuals who had of their possession a booty of 800,000 euros They dedicated no less than 40 robberies of a considerable amount of jewellery, cash and expertise in Salamanca, Valladolid, León, Palencia, La Rioja, Navarra and Zaragoza The detainees, of origin Albanian, they transferred the stolen results to their nation, to which they traveled from Lisbon to attempt to evade the Civil Guard

The Civil Guard has dismantled a felony group of Albanian origin devoted to assaulting inhabited properties in varied provinces. Seven folks have been arrested as alleged perpetrators of committing no less than 40 thefts of a considerable amount of jewellery, money and expertise value roughly 800,000 euros.

This operation, named Rovisa, started final March when a number of robberies had been dedicated in properties within the province of Salamanca that triggered nice social alarm among the many residents. The Civil Guard brokers suspected that their perpetrators could possibly be the identical ones who had carried out completely different assaults in varied components of the nation.

During the investigation, it was found that a number of of the alleged perpetrators, of Albanian origin, used the Lisbon airport to enter and go away Spain for his or her nation and so as to hinder the investigation work of the Civil Guard.

For this motive, the help of the Polícia de Segurança Pública de Portugal and the working group of the Albanian police was requested. All brokers had been coordinated by the European police company Europol

Police work revealed that the group had acquired nice specialization over time, appearing on an itinerant foundation. In October, the brokers detected that that they had acted once more by establishing a base of operations within the Valencian city of Gandía. From there they traveled to completely different components of the Spanish geography to commit new robberies with power in inhabited properties.

false identities

The leaders of the group modified their names frequently of their nation of origin, a few of them having as much as three completely different names and identifications to make it troublesome for the Civil Guard to trace them down. Also, they prevented the usage of cellular telephony for his or her communications by utilizing walkie-talkies and used counterfeit license plates as safety measures to keep away from being found.

Civil Guard brokers made a complete of 5 entries and searches in properties in Madrid and Valencia. In them, seven members of the group had been arrested and a considerable amount of jewellery, money, expertise and varied materials used to commit the robberies had been seized.

During the time that the investigation has lasted, directed by the Investigating Court No. 2 of Salamanca, it has been doable to confirm the participation of the detainees in no less than 40 felony acts within the provinces of Salamanca, Valladolid, León, Palencia, La Rioja, Navarra and Zaragoza.