The National Police and the Civil Guard have carried out a joint operation in which they have dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to committing thefts in banking entities and in which around twenty people have been arrested, reported the Higher Police Headquarters of Madrid in a statement.
This criminal gang operated in different parts of Spain, mainly in areas of the Community of Madrid. Specifically, in municipalities such as Torrelodones, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Humanes, Guadarrama, Las Rozas, Leganés and Madrid capital, but they also committed robberies in other autonomous communities, such as Andalusia and Castilla y León.
The investigation began when the agents became aware of the existence of a criminal organization dedicated to committing thefts in banking entities.
It was based mainly in certain areas of the Community of Madrid, although its managers had no qualms about traveling to different locations until they located new targets, which could be the office workers themselves or clients who made cash withdrawals.
The police investigations between both bodies made it possible to verify the way of acting of the members of the criminal organization. They entered the branches in a coordinated manner and were distributed throughout the interior.
They then distracted employees’ attention and stole cash and electronic devices from counters or safes.
Taking advantage of the vans with cash to get the loot. Furthermore, some of the criminal acts coincided with the arrival of vans that transported cash funds to the offices, so they took advantage of the moment of the deposit to seize the loot.
Continuing with the police investigations, the agents identified the alleged perpetrators of the thefts, culminating in the arrest in different localities of the national territory of a total of 20 individuals and a total of 48 criminal acts being clarified, such as thefts from workers and clients, robberies with violence or intimidation and robberies with force inside vehicles.
