Armed robbers run but can’t hide
A GANG of suspected armed robbers has been rounded up in Elche, reported the National Police.
A force spokesman stated that the two men and a woman detained are all Spanish and specialised in raids using firearms, but are also accused of numerous previous break-ins and burglaries using violence and intimidation.
Officers were recently called by the manager of a hostelry establishment who had just been robbed. Security camera footage showed the intruders, a man and a woman, had broken a window to get in and put the objects they were stealing into backpacks.
Other officers combing the surrounding streets spotted a pair who fitted the description from the video and fled when they noticed the police.
The woman was caught and found to have several of the stolen objects in a rucksack, while the man made it to a doorway where another person let him in so he could hide.
After making several enquiries, officers identified exactly where the suspect had gone and got a search warrant for the property.
They arrested two men and recovered many more objects that turned out to have been stolen in another three robberies of businesses and parked cars.
The violent crime unit concluded that the two men had also been responsible for two other robberies in which a supposed firearm was used.
All the suspects have multiple police records and two of them were remanded in custody by the investigating court.