Overview

• Operation Alambrados-Cepa-Gratus concluded in May with coordinated searches of three Murcia safe houses, resulting in the arrest of all 12 alleged members.
• The network used rented vehicles with false documentation, encrypted phones and a division of tasks for surveillance, target selection and escape planning.
• Burglars forced entry into isolated homes by cutting fences and breaking windows or doors to swiftly steal money, jewellery, electronics and safes.
• Guardia Civil officers seized €12,400 in cash, high-end watches, electronic devices and burglary tools hidden in wall cavities of the gang’s hideouts.
• Investigators have now clarified 150 forceful break-ins across Málaga, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Sevilla, Cádiz, Cuenca, Badajoz and Ávila.