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An Alicante criminal group crashes into police vehicles

Operation Twilight ended with a high-risk pursuit to apprehend a burglary-focused criminal gang from Alicante. The accused members of this clan were apprehended in a coordinated operation by the Civil Guard and the Local Police in the Region of Murcia, where this incredibly dangerous escape attempt occurred.
The officers were able to predict the movements of this criminal group based in Alicante, from which they travelled to the area of the Guadalentín Valley, after an investigation by the Guardia Civil of Murcia revealed an increase in robberies in homes in the municipalities of Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras.
Three members of this purported network were arrested a few days earlier. Civil Guard investigators discovered that the suspects’ vehicle was in the municipality of Lorca. After spotting this movement, the Local Police quickly teamed up with several departments to set up a monitoring system in the region, which paid off.
When the suspects’ car was going towards Lorca along the Águilas route, the Civil Guard found it. The car’s occupants left quickly after the authorities stopped it, driving carelessly and endangering other drivers.
The suspects intentionally struck many police cars during their escape in an effort to evade capture. The officers, however, stopped the vehicle before it could pose a bigger risk to the police and civilians in the vicinity of the incident.
Following the operation, the three car occupants were arrested on suspicion of committing the following crimes: assaulting an authority figure, burglary, damage, membership in a criminal organisation, and license plate counterfeiting. Although their authorship of other crimes and the involvement of more individuals in the now-explained illicit activity are not ruled out, they are suspected of being the authors of about twenty criminal acts.
This Alicante-based criminal organisation allegedly committed home robberies in the cities of Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras in the Guadalentín Valley, raising social panic among the local populace. Agents from the Civil Guard were alerted to the robberies and started looking into it.
The Murcian agents’ thorough technical and visual inspections, together with other investigations, yielded a wealth of information about the perpetrators and methods of the crimes.
After conducting an initial reconnaissance of their targets and verifying that no one was inside the residences, the accused criminals broke through the perimeter fence and forced open security features like closed-circuit televisions and window and door bars.
The criminals swiftly examined every room in the building after entering in order to take cash and valuables, while they also took some tech equipment in some of the crimes.
Other crimes committed by the same criminal group occurred concurrently with the investigation, which gave investigators the opportunity to determine the behaviour of the offenders in terms of their routines, methods of operation, and areas of activity. This also helped them predict the criminal group’s movements.
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Following their discovery on the Águilas road and subsequent arrest, the Civil Guard officers confiscated a variety of items and belongings that the criminals were allegedly transporting in order to carry out the house invasions.
Among them, a hydraulic shear, used to cut bars; crowbars, used for leveraging; screwdrivers, to force locks; walkie talkies, to communicate within the criminal group; caps and tubular scarves, to hide their identity and thus avoid being identified; and several sets of license plates used to make it difficult to link the vehicles to the criminal acts they committed. In addition, more than 3,000 euros in cash have been seized from them.
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Hospitality and recreation establishments in Elche receive 36 infringement reports from local police

The Elche Local Police conducted an operation that involved inspecting thirteen hospitality and leisure outlets in various neighbourhoods, resulting in one arrest and 36 violations. The data was made public on Friday, 28th March, mainly as a reminder of the work that is being done. Councilman Juan de Dios Navarro gave the police top for their efforts.
According to local police inspector José Antonio Corrales, the majority of the infractions included drug usage and possession, including four for cocaine possession and seven for hashish, as well as improper company documentation. Additionally, there were two reports for disturbing the peace or disrespecting law enforcement, four for not following the minimum hygienic standards for food storage, one serious infraction for conducting the activity after hours and behind closed doors, and seven for irregularities found on the property, including improper documentation.
Additionally, officers found six infractions for permitting smoking in unapproved indoor locations, three for type “B” slot machine identification guide deficiencies, and one major infraction for emergency escape and door flaws. Additionally, a report was made about the selling of illegal tobacco at a pub, where 20 packets were confiscated and one individual was detained on court order and imprisoned.
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Visitor to Catral cemetery locked inside

As nightfall approached on one of these soggy spring days in March, a young man decided it would be a good idea to visit a cousin or acquaintance’s grave and take a walk through the cemetery. Because the cemetery still closes its (automatic) gates at six o’clock at this time of year, but without the winter gloom that may discourage anyone from going.
However, the door was locked when he attempted to exit. The visitor didn’t seem to want to spend any more time among the cemeteries, despite the cemetery’s reputation as a particularly tranquil spot. Unaware of the placard bearing the mobile phone number for anyone needing help, he dashed out the gate. It was all on camera.
Joaquín Lucas, the mayor of Catral, maintains that this occurrence is unrelated to the privatisation of the cemetery works and feels that management by an outside company is an efficient approach to provide this service in a municipal office. He went on to say that the young man who who was locked in is from the nearby municipality of Dolores rather than Catral.
The local police took to social media and atacked the man’s “reckless” behaviour. He has been named in connection with “criminal proceedings for a crime against another’s property.” Nonetheless, the business will be liable for any damages brought on by the damaged door anchors.
In addition to clarifying that the business employs two workers—a gravedigger and a labourer who maintains the communal areas and restrooms—the Councillor for Services, Daniel Escudero, reaffirmed that the automatic door is an option offered by the company itself.
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Five arrested in Alicante and Murcia for shoplifting

Five individuals involved in grocery theft have been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil. In the regions of Alicante and Murcia, the thieves were stealing in a number of locations for a well-known supermarket company. The things that were stolen are worth over 8,000 euros in total.
The investigation started after the retail chain representative filed a complaint. The pattern was consistent across all cases: three or four people went into the store, and one of them loaded up a cart with expensive things like canned goods, extra virgin olive oil, sausages, or alcoholic drinks. The last one hurried out of the grocery without paying, and another diverted the attention of the staff.
It was discovered that the same people were responsible for the crimes in multiple towns in Alicante and Murcia after examining the security footage from the impacted businesses. Since the suspects did not live in the residences where they were registered and lacked a stable address, it was very difficult to find them.
Shortly after committing another theft at a store in a suburban neighbourhood of Rojales (Alicante), officers caught two of the suspects off guard and took them into custody. Many of the stolen goods were found at that time and brought back to the impacted business.
The other three were later taken into custody in the cities of Almoradí (Alicante) and Guardamar del Segura. The majority of the pilfered items were sold on. Additionally, the two cars that were utilised in the crimes were taken.
Eleven thefts have been resolved as a consequence of the investigation conducted by the Novelda Civil Guard’s investigation section. The cities of Novelda, Torrevieja, Almoradí, Catral, and Rojales in Alicante as well as the municipalities of San Javier, Jumilla, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Archena, and Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia were the sites of these crimes.
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