Overview

• Two Georgian nationals arrested in Madrid were caught in the act using decoder master keys after a probe into about 30 non-violent home burglaries.
• A separate early-morning raid in Marbella led to the arrest of two suspects accused of nine tourist-apartment robberies valued at over €640,000 using resbalón, small-scale force and falsified identity documents.
• Police seized burglary tools including decoder master keys, lock-picking sets and clandestine markers, along with luxury watches, jewels, cash and forged documents.
• All four detainees have been placed in pre-trial detention while investigators trace wider cross-regional networks.
• Authorities say the crackdown builds on coordinated operations and covert surveillance tactics to dismantle professional burglary rings exploiting brief stays in Spain.