two people They were arrested as alleged perpetrators of a robbery with force in the town of Cofita (Huesca). It is about the theft of diesel from the tanks of an excavator, after breaking a lock and accessing it with pipes. The criminal history of one of the thieves goes as far as 50 crimes for similar offences. He is a 33-year-old repeat offender who was also driving without a licence. Despite this, he and the other young man from. 22 years old were left released with charges.
As confirmed by the Civil Guard, there are two pending opinions from the Criminal Court No. 2 of Lleida, for withdrawal of driving license vehicle and for resistance and disobedience to the 33-year-old man.
Gasoline theft in Huesca
The arrest was made thanks to a opinion of a person in which he warned that in an excavator parked on the public highway, a theft of diesel was committed by two people, who were in a white van.
Moments later, after receiving the warning, the patrol at the checkpoint Peralta of Alcofea, who was closest to the location, detected the vehicle on the city streets and so it stopped. Thus, the officers were able to identify the occupants and search the vehicle.
In addition, support was requested during the actions of the Police Station patrols. Barbastro and Binéfarwho were also close to the places.
After identification and search, he was found in the vehicle about 120 liters of diesel arranged in several bottles of 25 litersin addition to tools and a strong smell of diesel. It was later found that the people identified were repeat offenders of this type of crime, especially those over 33 years old, who had accumulated more than 50 crimes in two yearss.
Subsequently, the officers, after carrying out a visual inspection of the incident and confirming the alleged crime, went to the arrest of the two occupants of the vehicle, for an alleged offense of theft with force from things.
Without a license
Point out that these people of Spanish nationality and the residents of the town of Monzón, in addition to the main crime, were also charged with a crime against road safety, since the 33-year-old man, who was driving the vehicle at that time, did not have a driving license, there were also two charges in force from the Criminal Court No. 2 of Lleida, for withdrawal of the license to circulate a vehicle and for resistance and disobedience.
In addition, several administrative offences were filed against these persons, against the Tax Agency for the use of subsidised diesel in the mentioned vehicle, another complaint to the gun regulationsand Law 4/2015 for disrespect towards agents.
The Civil Guard of Estadilla carried out procedures that, together with the detainees, were made available to the Court of Instruction of Guardia de Monzón, which decreed freedom with chargesleaving the vehicle and the stolen diesel deposited at the Civil Guard, at judicial disposal.
