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Restaurant owner arrested after three thieves rob his premise in Benidorm

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Three robbers were apprehended by the National Police after they were discovered stealing from a Benidorm restaurant. The proprietor of the establishment was also arrested after the agents discovered, to their astonishment, that he was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant for Extradition (EAW) after they examined his documentation.

The police involvement started when CIMACC-SALA 091 informed officers from the Benidorm Local Citizen Security Brigade that a robbery was occurring at a restaurant in the town, prompting them to rush to the scene.

Three males were outside the restaurant with multiple bottles of alcohol and other stuff that they had stolen moments earlier by climbing over the perimeter wall, and the officers were shocked to see them there.

Three males of Spanish descent, ages 37, 43, and 58, were arrested as suspected of robbery with force when the facts were confirmed and the establishment’s owner was notified; the innkeeper was also taken into custody and is currently wanted.

The arrest warrant states that the fugitive was stopped by French police at a checkpoint in May 2017 with 249,000 euros in cash concealed in his car. He was unable to provide proof of the money’s legal origin and only told the agents that he was returning from a trip to Brussels at the time.

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He later provided a whole different account of the source of the funds, and detectives discovered that the suspect had actually been in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rather than Brussels. After a trial in France, he was found guilty of money laundering from narcotics trafficking and given a three-year prison sentence, with one year and four months to serve.

The three people arrested for the robbery were placed at the disposal of the Benidorm Court of Instruction on duty, and the person arrested on the European arrest warrant was placed at the disposal of the Central Court of Instruction of the National Court, the body responsible for carrying out the procedures for his subsequent extradition .


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Benidorm, police catch man with 600 marijuana plants in his car

A 49-year-old man was caught in Benidorm by the National Police for transporting marijuana plants and other supplies needed for their growth in his own car. A crime against public health has been charged against the man who was caught.


The man was arrested as the last step in an investigation that began when the National Police learnt about his activities in the province of Alicante, which included moving drugs (mostly marijuana) and building infrastructure for future hydroponic crops.

In the beginning, police focused on finding the man and his car. After making sure of both of these things, investigators did a number of surveillance and monitoring operations to confirm how he worked. It was proven that the suspect was carrying drugs and the nutrients needed to grow marijuana hydroponically in people’s houses in the province of Alicante as they drove.

Last but not least, the arrest happened after one of the operations to spy on and track one of the trucks.

When he was arrested, his car was checked, and police found 600 marijuana cuttings, €1,500, two mobile phones, and thirteen five-litre drums of fertiliser and plant growth nutrients.

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The arrested man was given to the Benidorm Investigative Court after the police looked into the case.


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21 expensive cars that were stolen in the U.S. were found Valencia port

Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.

The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.

With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.

In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.

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