Two men arrested by National Police for robbing five homes in Elche

National Police officers have arrested two men in Elche (Alicante) as the alleged perpetrators of five robberies in different houses located in the rural areas of the city. According to a statement from the Police Headquarters, both men who were caught had been convicted of similar crimes more than 100 times before. They are accused of stealing jewellery, watches, more than 12,000 euros in cash, and four cars.

They cut the fence around the houses with scissors and used a wrench to open the front door. Once they were inside, they stole all the car keys they could find, as well as the gate codes and the cars that were parked on the plot.

The two men who were caught by the National Police in Elche stealing four cars.

Two people were caught on Thursday. They are 36 and 49 years old and are from Morocco. According to information from the National Police Corps, they are in Spain illegally. One of them has been put through the process of being expelled.

The people who were arrested did the crimes in the second half of July last year on homes in different parts of the municipality of Elche. They are charged with five thefts.

Police started the investigation after people who had been robbed complained. Authorities have proven that the suspects watched the properties ahead of time to figure out the best time to rob them. They also took a lot of safety precautions, like driving on secondary roads, many of which were not even paved, through the Elche regions.

There was an investigation by the National Police Robbery Group. Its officers were able to figure out that one of the stolen cars was the one the suspects used to rob other stores.

The two men were caught after police found their home, where they parked their stolen cars, and where they kept the stolen goods.

One of the cars that was stolen had its license plates “doubled” so that it would not show up in police records as stolen when it was driven.