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Spain Dismantles Criminal Cells in New Raids Across Madrid, Valencia and Catalonia

Investigators describe organized, itinerant crews using spotters, mules and covert entry methods, with judges sending most suspects to jail pending trial.

Overview

  • Police in Madrid broke up a repeat-offending Rolex snatch crew of five, seizing 1,605 Rivotril pills linked to karkubi distribution and recovering high-end watches and cash, with all suspects remanded to custody.
  • An itinerant burglary cell operating in Elche and other parts of the Valencian Community and Murcia was arrested after marking doors with thin silicone threads and using lock-picking techniques, and four members were jailed as probes tied one suspect to an Austrian EAW.
  • In Granollers and Canovelles, officers dismantled a violent narcotics group, seizing 2.175 kg of methamphetamine, 1.1 kg of cocaine and 600 soap tablets laced with meth, with two suspects ordered to pretrial detention.
  • Two men were detained in Murcia after three residential break-ins in Puente Tocinos and an attempted entry with occupants inside, one identified from security footage and another caught hiding in a stairwell with tools.
  • Guardia Civil agents in Tres Cantos arrested three suspected members of a vehicle break-in ring linked to 31 cases targeting construction vans, using cars registered with false data and causing losses valued at more than €70,000.