Operation controlled by the Instruction Court Two in Torrevieja, a group of 19 people, 13 Albano Kosovo men, and six Romanian women, have been arrested in connection with a series of thefts from villas while their owners were asleep inside.
The arrests were carried out by more than 20 people from the specialist ECO unit of the Guardia Civil who say the group are implicated in non violent burglaries carried out mostly in Valencia province, but also in Castellón, Alicante and Tarragona. Often a luxury car would be taken.Investigations started more than a year ago, and the swoops which started at 6,30am on Tuesday morning saw several homes being searched in the Valencia region, one of them just 50 metres from the Guardia Civil barracks in Valencia.
13 Albano Kosovo men, and six Romanian women, have been arrested in connection with a series of thefts from villas while their owners were asleep
British man was arrested after a police chase
British man was arrested after a police chase in the Dream Hills area of Orihuela last Saturday, for allegedly ripping off part of the ear of another man, a 44 year old also from Britain.The injured man was taken to hospital in Torrevieja by police, while other officers tried to capture his assailant. Las Provincias newspaper said he was finally captured in a wooded area next to the AP-7 toll motorway after narrowly escaping being hit by cars when falling down onto the carriageway from a height of 20 metres when jumping over the motorway barrier.The 23 year old is understood to have resisted arrest.
International organisation which sold Portuguese driving licences obtained with fake documents18 people are in custody
joint operation by police in Spain and Portugal has broken up an international organisation which sold Portuguese driving licences obtained with fake documents, selling each for an average of 1,500 €. Their main clients were eastern Europeans who, the Interior Ministry said, often bought HGV licences in this way and then went on to obtain their licence to transport goods.It’s understood the network made weekly trips from their Torrevieja base to Portugal to apply for the driving licences, and is believed to have earned income of of up to 300,000 €.The network also obtained Portuguese residence permits for their clients through marriages of convenience, charging up to 5,000 € for this service. The marriage certificates were used, along with false employment contracts, in order to obtain legal residency in Portugal.
