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Four Women Detained in Mendoza for Coordinated Bank-Area Pickpocketing

Rapid-response officers used real-time CCTV surveillance to track the group following footage showing coordinated theft attempts near Mendoza bank branches

Overview

  • Security cameras at the Centro Estratégico de Operaciones recorded two sequences on August 12, including a failed grab at Necochea and España and a successful pickpocket on Patricias Mendocinas
  • Unidad Ciclística de Acción Rápida officers intercepted the suspects a few blocks away and recovered stolen belongings and personal documents
  • The four women—two from Córdoba aged 31 and 25 and two from Tucumán aged 46 and 36—remain held at Comisaría 1ª pending Fiscalía proceedings
  • Investigators are examining potential links between the detainees and other recent robberies targeting bank customers
  • The operation highlights the rising role of real-time CCTV monitoring and rapid-response units in countering urban theft in Mendoza