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Luxury car theft gang broken up in Spain
By h.b. - May 6, 2008 - 7:04 AM
email this articleA total of 19 arrests have been made.
The Guardia Civil have broken up an international network specialists in the theft of luxury top of the range cars. 19 people have been arrested in the provinces of Madrid, Alicante and Málaga, and at least a dozen properties have been searched.
Spanish police say the group was one of the most active in Europe and could have carried out vehicle thefts in as many as ten provinces.
Codenamed ‘Operación Lujo’, the nationalities of those arrested are Spanish, Bulgarian, and Peruvian.
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