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Guardia Civil Dismantles Itinerant Theft Rings in Coordinated Raids Across Castile and Madrid

Investigators link mobile crews from Madrid to robberies across several provinces.

Overview

  • Authorities report 17 detainees across Valladolid, Soria and Madrid in linked actions targeting thefts from hospitality businesses and rail infrastructure.
  • Six suspects were arrested in Cigales under Operation RULPA-III and are linked to 38 property crimes and the theft of ten vehicles.
  • Searches recovered cash, tools to force locks and defeat alarms, premium goods such as jamones, alcohol and perfumes, and a total of ten vehicles.
  • Eight individuals were caught in flagrante on August 28 at railway facilities in Torralba del Moral with industrial vehicles, a thermal lance and gas bottles, and were detained.
  • An inspection on September 3 at a Fuenlabrada metal recycler uncovered 12,800 kilograms of railway track, leading to three arrests for receptation under the Orcasitas and Darkankle probes.