Overview
- The owner reported that a briefcase containing €1,500, bank cards and a mobile phone was taken during a pickpocketing in a central Vigo park.
- After the theft the suspects contacted the victim and demanded €20 to return the briefcase; the victim paid and later found the contents missing, which prompted a formal complaint.
- Agents from the Grupo Operativo of the Vigo-Redondela police carried out investigative work, set up a monitoring operation and intercepted two suspects in an early-morning action.
- Both suspects face charges of theft (hurto) and extortion (extorsión), and a judge ordered pretrial detention for one of them while the case remains in initial judicial processing.
- Police have not publicly confirmed recovery of the cash or bank cards, and the case highlights a tactic where perpetrators seek a small payment to hide larger thefts and prompt local authorities to warn residents to guard belongings.