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.