It has also been used to recover the stolen truck, which had previously been stolen in Cabezo de Torres
The detainee has a history of committing criminal acts
The Civil Guard has developed over the last days of an investigation to clarify the removal of 47 tons of copper wire, which has so far resulted in the arrest of a person and the recovery of much of the material removed.
Has also recovered the vehicle used to remove large tonnage and transport the stolen copper coils.
These services are framed within the "Plan of police response to the theft of copper wiring," which the Civil Guard is enabled to detect and eradicate any criminal activity related to the theft of copper wiring.
The morning of Sunday, day 25, a company Cotillas Towers suffered a serious robbery which was subtracted lot of copper wire coils are extremely large.
The Civil Guard, having knowledge of the commission of this criminal act established a research device, performing a thorough inspection first-ocular technician in order to gather all possible information for the elucidation of the robbery.
In the first investigation, the Civil Guard was found that for the theft, the suspects used force to break the perimeter fence of the property and access to the warehouse where they stored the copper coils.
Then enter the premises with heavy trucks that had been stolen moments before in Cabezo de Torres, Murcia, and they used to load the stolen copper coils and run, using a truck load of the company, which was also forced.
Parallel to this device and thanks to the coordination between the border command centers, in the motorway AP-7, near San Juan (Alicante), Civil Guard officers intercepted the stolen truck loaded with stolen copper coils in Torrena company, undertaking escape the person who was driving, hit and moments after being arrested.
Arrested:
This coordinated action has proceeded to the arrest of a person as an alleged perpetrator of the crimes of theft of vehicle, burglary and against collective security (driving while driver's license):
- Croatian, 27, who lives in Barcelona.
The detainee has a history of committing crimes.
Effects recovered:
The Civil Guard has recovered 12 coils of copper wire high tonnage (17 tons in total) and the stolen truck, after being brought to justice will be returned to their rightful owners.
The investigation remains open and not ruling out further action arrests.
The detainee, effects, and the proceedings initiated recovered have been made available to the competent judicial authority.
Source: Ministerio del Interior