The Civil Guard of Lanzarote has arrested two people and investigated another two, aged between 25 and 27 years old, for their alleged participation in six crimes of robbery with force inside several vehicles and causing damage to them to steal everything from inside. The events took place in the municipality of Haría.
The Benemérita became aware of the events on October 14 following a complaint filed at the Costa Teguise Main Post. The victim assured the command that the passenger window of his car had been broken. In the days following this first crime, the complaints grew to reach six affected parties.
All the damage caused to the vehicles coincided in the same modus operandi, they fractured the passenger window and subsequently accessed the interior of several vehicles, stealing various items, all these events occurring in the town of Ye-Haría and the Caletón del Mero area (Haría).
The Civil Guard has carried out the appropriate investigation procedures to be able to clarify the criminal acts, thus being able to collect all the police inquiries to identify the perpetrators of the criminal act. Therefore, the Investigation Team of the Costa Teguise Main Post initiated the necessary actions on October 24 to clarify and locate the alleged perpetrator of the criminal act.
As a result of citizen collaboration and after taking statements from various witnesses, one of them provided a vehicle model that could be involved in some of the criminal acts, not being able to provide a license plate, but the brand and model, a vehicle used by the criminals to travel after allegedly perpetrating the robberies.
Based on the data collected, a police deployment was carried out in the area in order to locate and arrest the possible perpetrators, the efforts being negative since they apparently suspected that they could be being investigated, changing vehicles to travel and commit new criminal offenses.
On the part of the agents, the investigations continued, being able to collect information from another vehicle that could be being used by the alleged perpetrators, with the new information, viewings and an exhaustive analysis of the video surveillance cameras of establishments where the referenced vehicle could appear were carried out, recognizing one of the alleged perpetrators.
Between October 24 and November 6, 2024, two people were arrested and another two investigated for their alleged participation in six crimes of robbery with force inside a vehicle. The proceedings were sent to the Investigating Court on duty in Arrecife
