Overview

• Two suspects were arrested in Badajoz in operation Bankasalt, with 15 firearms, drugs, cash and a stolen car seized, and one detainee ordered to prison while the rest of the group remains sought.
• Investigators say the Badajoz group stole high‑end cars in other provinces, swapped licence plates, and hit homes across Extremadura, Madrid and Toledo to take cash, jewellery and weapons.
• In Valencia, police detained a 44‑year‑old accused of threatening a resident with a knife, stealing more than 50 pieces of jewellery and other items, and fleeing with a shopping cart before officers recovered the loot.
• In Málaga, an 81‑year‑old woman was arrested over five tourist‑flat break‑ins using the ‘resbalón’ technique with plastic shims and was remanded to provisional prison after being caught in an apartment.
• In Calp, a 56‑year‑old was held over about 30 licence‑plate thefts in one week, with tools and foreign plates seized, while in Plasencia a 45‑year‑old was arrested over seven car‑battery thefts in public parking areas.