SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 29 Aug. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Civil Guard has dismantled a gang of robbers dedicated to violent robberies in Tenerife in which they pretended to be civil guards to gain the trust of the victims.
In total there are four detainees and four others investigated for the alleged crimes of robbery with violence, illegal detention, trespassing and usurpation of public functions, details the armed institute in a note.
The investigation began at the beginning of the year after a robbery with violence committed in a prestigious company located in the south of the island of Tenerife when the robbers came to gag and beat the victims to get the loot.
The detainees had a great previous preparation, they studied the assault and executed it quickly.
They also immediately incorporated the stolen money into the legal circuit, for which they had a stable structure of collaborators with whom they acquired all kinds of goods.
In a robbery carried out in the town of Abades (Arico), the perpetrators, after identifying themselves as civil guards, stopped a worker in charge of transporting cash, handcuffed him and fled with the money.
During the arrests, the assailants tried to flee and barricaded themselves in someone else’s home but were finally captured and 243,000 euros in cash were recovered, the entire amount stolen, according to the affected entity.
The operation was closed with the intervention of seven vehicles as well as identification vests, masks and caps with anagrams of the Civil Guard.
