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Four people arrested for theft 'by hug'

12 December 2019 - 13: 23

The Civil Guard has arrested a total of four people, during the months of November and December, for being the alleged perpetrators of numerous thefts and robberies with violence, committed on elderly and / or vulnerable victims.

One of the arrests took place in Calpe, last Monday, December 9. It was two people of Romanian nationality, a man of 26 years and a woman of 33, who were requisitioned and wanted by 4 different courts, for their alleged participation in various crimes of robbery with violence, carried out by the hug method (or affectionate) and mostly committed to the elderly and vulnerable or people with reduced mobility.

These are two brothers, based in Spain for more than 10 years ago, who are allegedly engaged in the commission of this specific type of robbery with violence, moving for this throughout the Spanish geography, especially coastal and tourist areas.

Their victims are, normally, elderly men, if possible from foreign nationalities, who are passing through Spain, who, after tricking and deceiving with tricks and sexual proposals, take away the valuable watches or jewels that they carry at that time, even using violence to achieve their ends, if necessary.

The most quoted object and the favorite to subtract for this type of criminal organizations is the Rlex watch, for which, even, they are trained to be able to detect it and recognize it on the wrist of the possible victim.

Despite their youth, the two brothers have numerous records for criminal offenses of a similar nature, adding among them more than 90 crimes. Both presented, at the time of their identification, 4 judicial requisitions of search, detention and personalization, arising from the Criminal Courts No. 8 of Alicante, Criminal No. 17 of Valencia, Instruction No. 2 of Benidorm and Instruction No. 2 de Vera (Almería). They have already been presented before the Court of Instruction No. 3 of Dénia, who has decreed his freedom with charges, pending trial, with precautionary measures.

Two more arrests in November

Also, last November, the Civil Guard of Calpe arrested two other women, of Romanian nationality, of 23 and 19 years, for being the alleged authors of a total of 7 crimes of theft and 3 crimes of robbery committed Likewise, on elderly and / or vulnerable victims, using the hug method.

Among the subtracted effects, 3 highlights high-end watches, valued at 10.000, 25.000 and 10.000 euros respectively, as well as the theft of laces, bracelets, necklaces and other diverse gold jewels, valued at more than 5.000 euros. To this we must add the injuries caused to the victims, such as bruises and minor injuries, after struggling with them, on some occasions.

The two detainees were requisitioned by courts of different Spanish provinces such as Girona, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia and Castellón, a fact that shows the great geographical mobility of these types of criminal organizations to commit crimes.

Both were already made available to the Court of Instruction No. 3 of Dénia, who decreed his release with charges, pending trial.

Comments
  1. Erika says:

    I do not explain why they are again "released on charges." With the background they have, the first thing they will do is steal again. What kind of justice do we have?

  2. ON says:

    Wanted by 4 tried and released again ?!


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