Local Police recovered Monday in the council of La Palma, about 400 kilos of mandarins that were stolen in the back of a car.
The incident occurred at dawn, when agents, who were of service in the area, located an oncoming vehicle with a lighthouse cast and symptoms of carrying the luggage loaded.
When the police unit proceeded to the high, the vehicle fled, subsequently being abandoned by its four occupants, who fled the scene.
The police investigating the alleged perpetrators of the alleged theft of fruit, seized the vehicle used, they were uninsured, as well as mandarins, which origin is unknown.
The theft of large quantities of fruits and vegetables are becoming more common on farms, and which are then used for subsequent sale in the markets and roadside areas.
Precisely to avoid such thefts in agricultural areas, the local police launched last year, the campaign The rural phone, which provides immediate response in case of theft or any incident that causes at Camp Cartagena, controls more than fifty strategic points of passing vehicles.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena