13 arrested after Cartagena jewellery shop robbery

13 arrested after Cartagena jewellery shop robbery
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By h.b. - Mar 1, 2010 - 7:45 PM

The robbery took place on the 19th of February - EFE

Most of those arrested lived in Mula, Murcia

13 people have been arrested and three kilos of jewellery recovered after police caught up with jewel thieves who had robbed a shop in Calle Cuatro Santos in Cartagena.

Codenamed Operación Vencejo, agents from the Murcia police worked in collaboration with the judicial police in Cartagena. 60,000 € in cash and pistol and three simulated pistols were also seized in the police swoop which took place on the 20th of February, but details of which have only been released today.

It seems the police acted thanks to witness reports on the robbery, and the gang has connections to the world of drug-trafficking and lived mostly in the Murcia municipality of Mula.

They now face charges of illicit association, violent robbery, causing injury, drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.

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