Overview

• In Roquetas de Mar a bar employee repelled an armed robber with a mop after the suspect threatened her with a knife and later identified him using his contest entry data
• Investigators arrested a 33-year-old man and his 40-year-old girlfriend on June 18 on 16 charges including violent robbery, burglary and fraud; he remains in prison while she awaits trial
• On July 4 authorities in Ronda provisionally detained a 31-year-old suspect after tracing his lost mobile phone at the crime scene and linking him to four property offenses
• Operation Bestseller demonstrates a shift to intelligence-led policing in Andalusia by integrating surveillance footage, digital evidence and community tips to connect burglary sprees
• Local police and the Guardia Civil say investigations continue into related break-ins at bars, shops and vehicles as they expand coordinated efforts against serial property crime