Overview

• Five suspects aged 22 to 33 have been arrested and a sixth is under investigation for their roles in thefts of aerial copper cabling across Valladolid.
• Investigators attribute the theft of 4,530 meters of cable—equivalent to 5,270 kg and worth more than €43,000—to this criminal network during raids from April through May.
• A pre-dawn alarm triggered on April 23 led officers to seize 923 kg of stripped cable and specialized cutting tools hidden near the A-62 highway.
• Authorities traced four of the arrested to Santurtzi and Portugalete and connected them to collaborators from Santander, Navarra and Bizkaia.
• Using lookouts, telescopic ladders and rapid resale at recycling centers, the network stripped cable in secluded areas, and the investigation remains open to identify further accomplices.