Five arrested for impersonating a musical group to assault homes

12/05/2022 at 15:43

TEC


The Civil Guard confiscated a multitude of jewelry, bags, computer devices and cash from the robberies in homes

Agents of the Civil Guard have arrested the five members of a criminal gang specialized in robbery in inhabited houses, all of Colombian nationality and residents in Barcelona and Madrid, who posed as members of a musical group to “not arouse suspicion when traveling around the national territory& rdquor ;.

To the suspects, who have been arrested in the Lugo municipalities of O Corgo and Pol, The Civil Guard attributes to them twenty robberies inside inhabited houses in the provinces of Lugo, A Coruña and Pontevedra.

In the vehicles they used to travel, the Civil Guard has found, hidden among their belongingsa multitude of jewelry, bags, computer devices and cash, allegedly from the assaults on the aforementioned homes.

In addition, he has intervened “a kit” to check the gold karat of jewelry and other tools to verify the authenticity, weight and caliber of diamonds.

The Civil Guard has confirmed that victims of this criminal gang, with homes in the towns of Outeiro de Rei, Oleiros, Cambre, Culleredo, Abegondo and Lugo, identified part of the seized jewelrywhich will be returned to their rightful owners.

“The investigation is still open for locate the legal owners of the rest of the loot seized and the location of other victims of the raided houses& rdquor ;, specifies the Benemérita, who has baptized the operation as Aedis.

To the detainees they are charged with crimes of belonging to criminal group, continued crime of robbery inside inhabited homes and documentary falsification.

The detainees were made available to the Investigating Court number 1 of Lugo.

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