The Guardia Civil has been informed that the three Turkish citizens arrested in Torrevieja and imprisoned for the murder of a 21-year-old compatriot as a result of a gang dispute have been identified by fingerprints in Turkey. The Guardia Civil has been informed that they are wanted for serious crimes in Turkey, including murder, according to sources close to the case who have confirmed this information to this newspaper.
The deceased young man, Caner Koçer, relocated from the Costa del Sol to the province of Alicante after narrowly escaping another assassination attempt in July. All indications suggest that the individuals who were apprehended in Torrevieja and are currently incarcerated are the same as those who committed a shooting in a supermarket car park in the Malaga town of Estepona on July 20th. A total of four firearms were confiscated during the incident.
The sole individual injured was an individual who was not associated with the score-settling. Nearly thirty bullets were fired between the occupants of two vehicles, including Caner Koçer. Following this initial attempt to assassinate Caner and other members of his group, the young man, who is of Kurdish descent, travelled to the province of Alicante and scheduled an appointment at the Alicante Provincial Police Station this past Wednesday to submit an asylum application.
Nevertheless, the hitmen who arrived in Spain with the intention of killing him located him in Torrevieja. On Sunday, August 3rd. they shot him and killed him on the ground, near a central hotel where he was staying with another man whose whereabouts are unclear since the events.
During an operation against a drug trafficking network in the provinces of Málaga and Córdoba last May, the National Police apprehended both this individual, who bore Belgian identification, and the deceased young man. The operation resulted in 17 arrests. During the operation, no drugs were seized, as the exploitation portion of the operation was expedited upon the discovery that they were planning a drug “dump” that would involve the kidnapping of a member of a rival gang.
Seven pistols and approximately 70,000 euros were confiscated by the National Police during the inspections. Turkish media reports have linked the crime to revenge for other violent deaths in Turkey. However, an investigation will now be conducted to determine whether this attempted drug robbery could have prompted the settling of scores that began in Estepona and culminated in Torrevieja.
Absence of prior knowledge
The police investigation revealed that the 17 individuals detained, none of whom had a criminal record in Spain to date, had established a drug trafficking network that was specifically dedicated to the purchase, transportation, and ongoing shipment of marijuana to other European countries, particularly Germany. The police classified the group as dangerous, and they utilised vans with false bottoms to conceal the narcotics. Officers who entered one of the residences were actually fired at during one of the raids, which was conducted by the Special Security Operations Group (GOES) of the Police.
Several of the suspects, including the young man who was shot, were photographed by the police while they were being monitored. When the shooter confronted Caner on Calle Torrevieja, he was not carrying a firearm. Additionally, the Guardia Civil discovered no pistols during a search of the hotel room where he was staying.
Conversely, one of the three individuals apprehended for the Torrevieja murder boasted about the treatment he received from the Local Police officers who transported him to a health centre following his detention. According to the police report, the suspect approached the officers with a smirk and enquired, “Are you dead?” The officers did not respond. They did not respond when they were already at the health centre, and he repeated the question while feigning to fire with one hand and laughing: “Bang, bang, bang… dead, huh?”
The Torrevieja court, which is currently conducting an investigation into the crime, is currently anticipating the results of the analysis of the weapons and shell casings that were recovered from the gunshot site. Eight shell casings and three rounds were gathered by the Guardia Civil. The deceased, whose family is serving as private prosecutor through attorney Juan Antonio Espinosa, was shot three times in the head, torso, and hand.
Following the order of the Torrevieja duty judge, the three detainees, two of whom are represented by attorneys Alicia Grau, Alejandro Murcia, and Alba Herranz from the law firm of Francisco Miguel Galiana Botella, are currently being held in Fontcalent prison.
Author: Derek Appleton
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