THE Local police intercepted two minors, Spanish citizens aged 16 and 17who were crossing Playa de Palma with a stolen quad.
The interception of the vehicle took place, as reported by the local police of Palma, last Tuesday, September 3, in the early hours of the morning. after a chase.
The incident occurred around 1am when a patrol observed a group of vehicles driving recklessly. While trying to identify them, the drivers of three mopeds stopped, but the quad driver ignored to the instructions of the police and fled.
After a chase of about 500 metres, the officers managed to intercept the fleeing vehicle. The driver and passenger lacked papers and, after the relevant checks, it turned out that they were minors and of Spanish nationality.
The vehicle showed signs of break-in and was proven to have been stolen. Llucmajor. Not being adults, their parents were notified and, in the presence of their respective mothers, they were informed of the establishment of a judicial report for an alleged offence of theft of use of a motor vehicle.
The mothers were then looking after their children. The drivers of the mopeds were reported administratively for reckless driving, which resulted in a fine of 500 euros and the withdrawal of six points.
The quad was taken to the municipal warehouse. Its owner, once located, expressed his intention to File a complaint and recover the vehicle.
Also in terms of events, agents of the Ibiza National Police, belonging to the Specialized and Violent Crime Unit, arrested a man from 43-year-old Spaniard, as the alleged perpetrator of a continuing crime of fraud.
The events investigated occurred between mid-May and mid-July of this year, a period in which a man carried out a total of 192 fraudulent transactions, using a supply card from the company where he worked until a few months ago.
The method followed by the scammer consisted of offering a deal to people chosen at random, some of whom were acquaintances, at various gas stations.
This transaction consisted of filling up with gasoline with his card, but paying an amount less than the quantity refueled, so that the scammer and the person in question came out winners, all under the pretext that said card was intended to spend points. to fill up and that the deadline for its use was close.
The victim, the owner of the company in whose name the supply card was, received a notice from the Public Treasury informing him of the existence of a suspicious number of expenses related to this card, which is why he reported the facts to the police stations in July.
Following the investigation, the alleged perpetrator of the ongoing scam was located and arrested, for an amount of just over 24,000 euros.
