The Guardia Civil yesterday announced that it had dismantled what it considered to be ‘an important gang’ of four men and two women in two apartments – one in El Campello and the other in San Juan.

In addition, members of the Corps also confiscated a considerable armory of weapons that included assault rifles, pistols and grenades.

It is believed that it was this gang that carried the armed robbery on a bank in El Campello earlier this month as well as carrying out an armed aggression against a Granada-based businessman and his family in February, making off with 60,000 Euros in cash.

It is also thought that the gang also carried out a series of high-profile robberies in France and the French Police are helping the Guardia Civil as their enquiries continue.