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Five people, one of them minors, have been arrested as alleged authors of the crimes of robbery with force, damages and belonging to a criminal organization

The criminal group, based in Molina de Segura and Ceutí, is accused of thefts in shops in Cieza, Abarán, Archena and Medina del Campo (Valladolid)

The value of the stolen money and the damage caused is around 30,000 euros

The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has developed the MARIPINAR operation, an investigation that has resulted in the arrest, in flagrante, of the five members of a criminal group, based in Molina de Segura and Ceutí, which is attributed the presumed authorship of the crimes of robbery with force, damages and belonging to a criminal organization.

A dozen crimes committed in shops in the municipalities of Cieza, Abarán, Archena and Medina del Campo (Valladolid) have been clarified.

The investigation began last June with the aim of identifying, locating and arresting the perpetrators of several robberies committed in commercial establishments located in isolated areas and industrial estates in the municipality of Cieza.

The first investigations allowed to verify that the modus operandi used to access the premises presented a common pattern, which made the agents suspect the participation of several people who, in an organized manner, assaulted the establishments to seize the collection of recreational machines. and the cash register.

The Civil Guard ordered numerous surveillance devices, aimed at preventing further thefts, and others of discreet surveillance in the affected areas, with the intention of locating the suspects.

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Last night, the Civil Guard was alerted to the robbery in a commercial establishment, located in the industrial area Los Prados, Cieza, so, immediately, a closure device was established in the different communication channels that give access to the municipality.

As a result of the police deployment, the agents located a vehicle that was circulating on the A-30 motorway towards Murcia, suspected of being in the place of the robbery, for which it was intercepted.

Inside, five people were traveling, one of them a minor, most of them with a bulky criminal record for crimes of the same nature.

The inspection of the tourism was positive with the finding of numerous tools, supposedly used to violate the establishments and 405 euros in fractional currency, supposedly, coming from the theft.

In that act the occupants were arrested.

There are four Romanian citizens and one Spanish citizen, one of them minors, residents of the municipalities of Molina de Segura and Ceutí.

The development of the investigation has shown that those now detained are related to the commission of robberies with force in shops and industrial estates of Cieza, Abarán, Archena and Medina del Campo (Valladolid).

Criminal group of itinerant character

The investigations carried out have made it possible to find out that it is an organized criminal group, of itinerant character and with extensive experience in the criminal world, that distributed its criminal tasks in such a way that, while two of them were in charge of transferring the rest to the vicinity of his objective and of hiding the vehicle in a safe place to guarantee the flight, the rest materialized the assault.

For this, one of the three remained in the vicinity to warn of the presence of police or witnesses and was responsible for notifying the drivers when the robbery had been consummated.

The assailants did not hesitate to use the forcefulness of tools capable of bursting recreational machines, tobacco and cash registers in order to seize the money.

The operation 'MARIPINAR' has culminated with the arrest of the five members of a criminal group allegedly dedicated to theft with force in commercial establishments, which has allowed the clarification of a dozen robberies committed in the municipalities of Cieza, Abarán, Archena and Medina of the Field (Valladolid).

The value of the stolen money and the damage caused is around 30,000 euros.

The Civil Guard has seized a vehicle and tools, and has recovered 405 euros, allegedly from theft.

The arrested men, aged between 18 and 36 years, the proceedings and the effects intervened have been made available to the Court of Instruction guard Molina de Segura (Murcia).

Source: Ministerio del Interior