Así robaban cajas fuertes de supermercados y talleres mecánicos en Cataluña

More at http://www.grancanariatv.com A criminal organization dedicated to stealing safes from food sector companies and mechanical workshops has been dismantled In the operation, 15 people were arrested and 11 house searches were carried out, resulting in the seizure of firearms, documentation, frequency jammers, communication devices, and tools used in the robberies. The dismantled group is accused of participating in a total of 26 burglaries and robberies involving violence and intimidation at different locations in Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, and Valencia. The organization committed up to three robberies in different companies in a single night. A criminal organization dedicated to stealing safes from food sector companies and mechanical workshops has been dismantled. In a joint operation between the Civil Guard and the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police), a criminal group dedicated to committing burglaries, mainly in food sector companies and mechanical workshops, has been dismantled in several Spanish provinces. The investigation began last July following a robbery at a company in the town of Gavà (Barcelona). Through the various pieces of evidence and clues collected at the scene, investigators were able to identify the perpetrators. They found them to be members of a highly organized and specialized criminal organization, primarily of Kosovar, Serbian, Brazilian, and Spanish origin, dedicated to stealing safes from companies in various Spanish provinces. The investigation revealed that the organization consistently used the same method of operation. Once they had selected a location for the robbery, they would travel to the selected target in high-powered vehicles. They then used frequency jammers to disable the alarms and built a hole to access the facilities and the safe, which they opened with sledgehammers and axes. If they were caught during the criminal act, they would not hesitate to attack the company's security personnel. The group was very active and had carried out up to three robberies in a single night using this method. After committing the crimes, the vehicles were taken to a small workshop the organization owned in Madrid to be repainted and the license plates changed, thus making identification difficult. As part of the operation, 15 members of the organization were arrested: 12 in Madrid and three in the Catalan towns of Reus, Tarragona, and Barberá del Vallés. Eleven entries and searches were also carried out at the homes of those arrested, seizing firearms, documents, frequency jammers, communication devices, and tools used in the robberies. The dismantled group is accused of participating in a total of 26 burglaries and robberies involving violence and/or intimidation in different locations in Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, and Valencia. The detainees, of Albanian, Serbian, Kosovar, Spanish, and Brazilian nationality, are also considered guilty of document forgery, illegal possession of weapons, and membership in a criminal organization. The detainees were brought before the Investigative Court No. 4 of Gavà (Barcelona), which ordered nine of them to be imprisoned. The operation was carried out by officers from the Organized Crime Section of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard and the Catalan Police (Mossos d'Esquadra) of the Criminal Investigation Division attached to the Criminal Investigation Area (AIC) of the Southern Metropolitan Police Region.