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Posing as tourists using rental vehicles to commit the offenses

To perform the service has told the cooperation of citizens

The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia has proceeded to the arrest of two people suspected of various crimes against property for the theft of bags at the airport of San Javier and various bank fraud committed with stolen credit cards to victims .

Alleged perpetrators, who rented vehicles to pose as tourists, are charged with at least five crimes.

After seizing bags, moved to places far from the event to make money fraudulent withdrawals at ATMs with the stolen credit cards to victims.

Agents specialized in safety prevention and prosecution service, initiated the proceedings to detect, to mark the start of the summer season, committing thefts of handbags some neglect and theft by the procedure just pull tourists arrivals from San Javier airport and the surrounding certain car rental without driver.

Therefore, the Meritorious launched a device to locate and identify the alleged perpetrators, while intensified surveillance and airport car parks nearby object of the crimes.

Thanks to the cooperation of citizens, are able to detect the use of a false identity document by one of the authors, a circumstance that allowed agents to continue the research to locate possible suspects.

Taking security measures

Comprehensive analysis of the information collected by the agents, could find the "modus operandi" of those involved in the robbery and theft, which consisted basically of the use of vehicles for hire impersonate tourists at airports where later sustraerían handbags.

To hinder identification and tracking vehicles rented for periods of one week, using also false documentation.

Then, employing the leased cars, which changed frequently, to move to different locations tellers Murcia and Alicante Province, always away from the place of commission of the offense, in order to make fraudulent withdrawals money at ATMs with the stolen credit cards to victims.

They ran an average of five thousand miles a week between the different sites of action.

Detained

In the investigation have been arrested on suspicion of crimes of robbery, theft, fraud and forgery, two people identified as:

- Romanian, 28 years old and lives in Valencia.

- Romanian, 23 years old and lives in Alicante.

The two arrested have numerous police record for committing similar crimes.

The detainees, effects recovered and proceedings have been brought before the Court of Instruction No. 1 San Javier (Murcia).

The investigation remains open, so do not rule out further performances and arrests.

Source: Ministerio del Interior