14 arrested for spate of burglaries while owners were asleep

14 arrested for spate of burglaries while owners were asleep
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By h.b. - Mar 12, 2009 - 7:29 AM

Some of the items recovered from the gang - Ministry for the Interior

The international gang operated on both the Costa del Sol and in Alicante

Fourteen people have been arrested for assaulting more than 50 people’s homes on the Costa del Sol, Álava, La Rioja and Alicante while their owners were asleep.

The Guardia Civil have named the operation ‘Canuni’, and say that those arrested are seven Albanian Kosovars, a Moroccan, four Romanians, a Serb-Croat and a Belgian.

In the five searches carried out by the Guardia Civil, objects worth more than 500,000 € were recovered, including a watch made from the steel from the Titanic, with an estimated value of 400,000 €.

Investigations in the case started in March last year. The group was based in luxury urbanisations in Benalmádena, Torremolinos and Fuengirola, where they could often be seen in top restaurants and boutiques.

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