The Mossos investigate the crime, which would involve the highest loot snatched by watch thieves in the Catalan capital
A tourist has filed a complaint at a police station in the Mossos d’Esquadra the theft of his watch, a Hublot worth €800,000. The victim affirms that yesterday, Wednesday afternoon, he was robbed by several thieves who, acting as a group, violently ripped the watch off his wrist and then fled.
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The Mossos have not been able to arrest anyone, at the moment, and are investigating the events, which occurred near Plaça de Sant Jaume in Barcelona. It’s theft of a most expensive watch that has been denounced in the Catalan capital to date. There were several precedents for watches that cost 200,000 or 300,000 euros. But none of such a high value, which is around 800,000 euros. Some sources indicate that it could be a Black Caviar Bang from the prestigious Swiss firm Hublot.
To combat this criminal phenomenon on the rise in Barcelona, and in other European cities, the Mossos have recently created a specialized unit to combat this type of violent thieves, who act in packs, look for high-end watches that unceremoniously snatch tourists and they work for people who buy, and even order, the parts they source and then sell them abroad.