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Spain Dismantles Two Rural Theft Rings

Coordinated operations in Navarra and Valencia under judicial supervision secured 12 arrests and recoveries of cash and firearms.

Un vehículo de la Guardia Civil en una imagen de archivo.
Los nueve detenidos robaron más de 600.000 euros en siete meses en oficinas de Valencia, Alicante, Castellón y otras siete provincias con asaltos en los que usaban cámaras espía, inhibidores de alarmas, cerraduras dobladas, extintores antiADN...
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Overview

  • Nine suspects in Operation Capuchinos-Opener have been arrested for masterminding 13 bank raids across isolated branches in ten provinces over seven months.
  • Police recovered €100,000 in cash, three firearms, five high-end vehicles and specialized burglary equipment during simultaneous raids in Madrid and Alicante.
  • Guardia Civil’s UCO and Policía Nacional’s UDEV units executed the bank robbery investigation under direction from the Juzgado de Instrucción 5 de Tudela.
  • In Operation Cadab III, three Algerian nationals were detained for 35 vehicle break-ins in Turís, with one suspect previously linked to 18 similar thefts.
  • Case files for both operations have been submitted to courts in Tudela and Requena as authorities continue probing for additional accomplices.