ARCHIVED - Torre Pacheco man arrested after thefts and burglaries in Balsicas and Los Alcázares

The arrested stole a car and rammed it into the post office of Roldán

A 21-year-old man of Moroccan nationality has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Torre Pacheco after a difficult investigation into 3 burglaries in Balsicas and Los Alcázares and the theft of a car.

The investigation began in August, when a property in Los Alcázares was burgled while the occupants were sleeping and among the items stolen was a set of car keys which was later used to purloin their vehicle. Under a fortnight later the car was rammed into the post office in Roldán in order to facilitate another robbery, during which the safe was stolen, and the car was later found abandoned in the countryside with the safe inside it.

The main suspect was soon identified but he fled into the neighbouring region of the Comunidad Valenciana, and the investigation did not resume until he returned relatively recently. After he did so, though, another burglary was reported in Balsicas, where an elderly couple were robbed of jewelry, cash and household electrical goods, and ten days later the man was arrested in Lo Ferro, where he had been staying with friends.

The case is now in the hands of the courts of San Javier.

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