The robbery took place at noon when an individual wearing balaclavas and large knife agreed to the branch, intimidated employees and stole cash
He has recovered part of the stolen money, a balaclava and a knife
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia has developed the operation 'espadrille', aimed at clarifying the robbery of a bank branch in Cehegín made last January 29, which has led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrator and recovery of the stolen money.
The operation began when the Meritorious had knowledge of the commission of a robbery that occurred at a branch of Cehegín, where a hooded person was threatened with a large knife employees thereof to seize cash.
The Civil Guard then ordered a large police to locate and arrest the perpetrator of the robbery, while research efforts were initiated by employees and customers witnesses at the time of the robbery were on site and were unharmed, and images recorded by security cameras of the bank branch.
The information obtained led research to a male, resident of Caravaca de la Cruz, who appeared in the images by clicking unveiled face within the establishment, while the balaclava was placed.
Located and arrested hours later heist
Once identified, the research focused on the location and arrest, which came hours later when the Meritorious detect it when it was on the inside of your vehicle on public roads.
The Civil Guard examined the car and found a ski mask a large knife and over 2,500 euros in cash, as well as clothing that relacioban the now stopped with robbery with violence and intimidation committed in the bank branch Cehegín hours before .
The operation 'espadrille' culminated in the arrest, just hours after the robbery, a male person, Spanish and 50 on suspicion of robbery with violence and intimidation.
The arrested, along with the seized and the proceedings, has been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia).
Operation 'AZARBE'
The Civil Guard ended last week operation 'AZARBE' in which a team of three people and settled in Los Dolores-Murcia criminal group was dismantled, and allowed clarify five counts of robbery with violence and intimidation in banking entities Murcia districts of Santa Cruz, El Esparragal and Stables.
Source: Ministerio del Interior