The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested 14 individuals who stole 84 batteries from electrical bikes for hire by the hour in Barcelona in simply two days. They are charged with the crimes of belonging to a felony group, theft with pressure and violence, injury and towards visitors security. The group offered the batteries at electrical scooter restore retailers.
The complainant firm suffered a complete of 150 battery thefts and has estimated the financial injury suffered at greater than two million euros, since every battery has an approximate value of two,000 euros. To that is added the restore of the damages, about 500 euros extra, and the impression of getting the autos out of service.
The Catalan police launched a surveillance system final September after detecting a number of of the robberies within the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district. Some robberies that, later, unfold to the entire of the Catalan capital.
The chief of the group was a 33-year-old man with a 35-year police report. He was arrested greater than twenty instances in 2022 for robberies with violence and theft.
They moved in VTC autos with the riot
The batteries had been destined for electrical scooter restore retailers, since they extracted the lithium batteries and positioned them in these gadgets to promote them. Those arrested acted in teams of three and didn’t hesitate “to make use of blunt pressure” to take away the batteries. Later they moved to the place in VTC autos and saved the stolen materials at an deal with in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
The people went to courtroom this Wednesday and the primary investigated and alleged materials creator, has entered provisional jail. The relaxation had been launched with fees. The brokers arrested them in Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat and Cerdanyola del Vallès. They recovered ten disassembled batteries, greater than 5,000 lithium batteries and a stolen electrical scooter.