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Police Announce Wave of Arrests Across Spain After Holiday Robberies, Chases and a Fatal Hit-and-Run

CCTV analysis with inter‑agency coordination is speeding identifications.

Overview

  • In Gijón, suspects posing as postal workers allegedly forced their way into a targeted flat, assaulted the owner over jewelry, and fled; one detainee remains in custody while two accomplices are being identified.
  • Hours later in Gijón’s Roces area, a police stop turned into a high‑speed chase and crash, with two arrests made and one fugitive sought; one detainee had an active order for imprisonment.
  • In Madrid, a woman was arrested in Pozuelo de Alarcón as the suspected driver in a Fuencarral‑El Pardo hit‑and‑run that killed a pedestrian, after traffic investigators traced the vehicle using security cameras; the case remains open.
  • The Guardia Civil detained three men in Extremadura for a Toledo car theft, recovering the vehicle and adding a drug‑trafficking charge after seizing hashish and methamphetamine from one suspect.
  • Separate operations led to pretrial custody for two men accused of a violent pharmacy robbery in Camargo, three arrests tied to five commercial break‑ins in Totana, and the jailing of a 22‑year‑old for eight burglaries in Almansa.