Overview

• Guardia Civil’s Bankasalt operation in Badajoz led to two arrests, the seizure of 13 long guns and two handguns, drugs and €12,000, and the recovery of a stolen vehicle, with one suspect jailed and other identified members at large.
• Policía Nacional arrested a 44-year-old in Valencia after a violent home break‑in in which a woman was threatened with a knife; officers recovered more than 50 pieces of jewelry, cash and other items.
• Guardia Civil in Calp detained a 56-year-old accused of about 30 license‑plate thefts in a week and seized foreign plates and tools for rapid removal; he faces 26 theft counts and one robbery with violence and was released with precautionary measures.
• In Palma, a woman dubbed “Caperucita roja” was jailed over a series of nocturnal shop burglaries, while in Málaga an 81-year-old was remanded over five tourist‑flat break‑ins using plastic strips to slip locks.
• One youth implicated in the Torre Pacheco assault case was detained in France and handed over at Irún for breaching a travel ban, then faced a quick court hearing that imposed a fine before his release.