Overview

• In the early hours of July 16, five masked individuals used a stolen BMW to ram the display window of a high-end handbags and shoes store on Calle Hernán Cortés
• The group completed the smash-and-grab in under three minutes, fleeing in a second vehicle with luxury goods valued at around one million euros
• Investigators link the crew to a similar late-June alunizaje robbery on an electronics shop on Avenida del Puerto, underscoring their organized methods
• National and Local Police are examining duplicated license plates and security footage as they probe the perpetrators’ identities
• Authorities warn the rising trend of smash-and-grab ramming attacks poses mounting challenges for retail security in central Valencia