Overview
- Miranda de Ebro officers arrested a man on Thursday, November 6, as the suspected author of five forced thefts from the same gas station’s car‑wash coin boxes and the October 4 theft of a €160 Christmas raffle basket from a bar.
- Investigators report the Miranda suspect has more than 25 prior police detentions and estimate about €13,000 in repair costs to the damaged machines despite limited cash takings.
- In Valladolid, police detained a man on November 4 for forcing a commercial van’s side door and stealing kitchenware and tools, identified from victim video and recorded with 31 prior detentions before being released by judicial order.
- Police also arrested a habitual offender on November 3 accused of stripping a disused warehouse, allegedly taking about €3,000 in household items from a caravan and trailer; he was released as an investigated suspect pending trial.
- A separate detainee was picked up on November 3 in Valladolid as a suspect in two car break‑ins near the Río Hortega area on June 12 and October 1, and he likewise remains free under investigation.