The arrests were carried out by agents Cartagena ROCK Team
The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, in the framework of "Plan provincial copper theft", has developed a research that has led to the arrest of four people suspected of the crime of burglary and receiving, by subtraction lighting wiring in the hamlet of Los Molinos Marfagones Cartagena.
They have recovered 100 kilograms of metal called "red" that had been stolen and then sold at a recycling company in Cartagena, and have now been brought to justice.
The Meritorious initiated the investigation by having knowledge of the commission of several robberies copper wiring lighting Cartagena and hamlets, some facts that came to cause great alarm among the neighbors.
Evidence obtained during the investigation process led to agents specialized in safety prevention, to a waste management company metal, where, after making a thorough inspection, it was discovered in a container large roll of cable copper and, by its terms, could correspond to a lighting installation.
The Meritorious was determined that the copper wire found in the recycler lighting belonged to the hamlet of Los Molinos Marfagones Cartagena, where the authors allegedly had broken streetlights 16 caskets a suburb adjacent to a rural area.
The result of the evidence obtained and after establishing a search, the policemen spotted the two suspects in the theft of copper wire and subsequent sale in the junkyard, proceeding to his arrest and remand in custody.
Similarly, the researchers proceeded to arrest the manager and an employee of the recycling company that had acquired the material, as suspects of a crime of receiving.
Detained
The Civil Guard has proceeded to the arrest, suspected of the crime of burglary and receiving stolen goods, four people identified as:
- Spanish, 33 year-old resident of Fuente Alamo.
- Spanish, 31 year-old resident of Fuente Alamo.
- Spanish, 41 years and resident of Murcia.
- Spanish, 38 years and resident of Cartagena.
One of those arrested has a criminal record.
Seized
As part of the investigation have been recovered 100 kilograms of copper wire from street lighting in the municipality of the parish Los Molinos Marfagones-Cartagena.
The detainees, seized property and proceedings have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 1 Cartagena (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior