The National Police have arrested six members of a gang suspected of stealing eight houses located in luxury developments, including footballers such as Radamel Falcao of Rayo Vallecano, and Rodrygo will gofrom Real Madrid.
They chose their targets by analyzing their social networks, where they studied photos and videos published by family members and people close to the athletes from inside their homes.
As reported by Madrid Police Headquartersthe robberies have been committed since July 2022 in the Madrid towns of Alcobendas, Pozuelo de Alarcón and Torrelodones, as well as in the capital of Madrid.
The investigation focuses on a robbery committed in May 2023 at the house in Alcobendas de Rodrygo will go, where they managed to steal effects worth around 500,000 euros, of which high-end watches and pieces of jewelery stand out.
In this case, agents found three men at the scene, who had entered the home after jumping a fence and then fleeing in a vehicle.
The agents They related this incident to a failed attempt at the same house ten months earlier, this time by two men who surprised a worker.
They were able to identify one of the two vehicles and focused the investigation on its owner, his romantic partner and another man.
Analysis of their movements was able to link the events in Alcobendas to another robbery, in this case with violence and intimidation, committed in a home in the Madrid district of Aravaca.
The alleged assailants even detained a domestic worker while they took their loot. To get there and escape they used a stolen car and a motorcycle with a modified license plate.
Social media monitoring
The researchers They were able to identify the collaborators who gave the two alleged perpetrators of the robberies information about possible targets, all of them people with high purchasing power.
They used the audiovisual content that the athletes themselves, their families or people around them published in social networks to determine the effects of large amounts, the distribution of spaces and even to know when they are not in their homes.
This information was later contrasted and completed on the ground by members of the criminal group, who conducted checks on the installed security systems and the possibility of accessing them.
The acquisition of this information led to the strengthening of the police presence in the exclusive urbanizations where criminal activities were concentrated and prevented new robberies in Pozuelo de Alarcón and Torrelodones.
Also, they traced the effects stolen in various robberies and they reached a man who ran an establishment dedicated to the sale and purchase of precious metals. Madrid and that he served as a receiver.
On February 13, a device was created for the arrest of those involved in the municipalities of Escalona (Toledo), Sotillo de la Adrada (Ávila), Lozoya (Madrid) and in the capital of Madrid itself.
Of those arrested, five men and a woman, three of whom are in custody, ten watches, various pieces of jewelry, more than 3,300 euros in cash and two compressed air pistols were seized, among other things.
Source: La Verdad
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