Overview

• An off-duty Policía Nacional officer in Badalona chased down and subdued a suspect fleeing an electronics store until Mossos d’Esquadra arrived.
• Police records show the Badalona detainee had a stolen mobile phone and gold chain on him, linking him to two additional robberies.
• The Badalona suspect carries over 15 convictions for robbery, injuries and threats and remains imprisoned under a standing judicial order with new robbery and intimidation charges.
• In Madrid’s Usera district, a 42-year-old man was arrested on June 25 after a special operation traced his use of fake police credentials to commit violent robberies and an attempted kidnapping.
• Authorities seized counterfeit badges, a blue rotating light, a firearm and GPS beacons and have charged the Madrid suspect with usurpation of public functions, violent robbery, intimidation and attempted kidnapping.