The National Police and the Local Police of Palma have arrested a man Senegalese 38 years old steal an old woman’s handbag over 70 years old in the Soledad neighborhood.
The events occurred precisely around 11:00 a.m. when the thief approached in a friendly manner towards the victim and then snatched the bag she was carrying over her shoulder with a sharp jerk. After the action, the septuagenarian woman fell against the groundas reported by the police in a press release.
In a desperate situation, the victim asked the now arrested person to leave his papers, but the man stopped and took a mobile phone, money and bank card. With all these stolen items, the Senegalese threw the bag on the road and fled.
The robbery was committed in front of the old woman, who provided the physical characteristics of the thief to the police when several patrols arrived to carry out searches for the attacker.
Finally, a local police patrol located the alleged Senegalese perpetrator of the crime in Palma, who, after noticing the presence of the police, fled, pursued by the police, until they finally managed to intercept him on the spot. plant a stake in a fence who was trying to jump.
Arrested for robbing a store at Menorca airport
On the other hand, the National Police of Maó reported this Wednesday the arrest, at the end of last week, of two men, Ukrainian and Georgianwho stole products from an establishment in the boarding area of Menorca airport.
Various requests from authorities in other countries regarding one of the arrested persons, who was staying in a hotel in Maó, led agents of the National Police and more specifically of the Judicial Police Group, to establish surveillance and control devices. airport store, where, in recent days, a large quantity of perfumes and tobacco had been stolen.
The method they used to steal the items was to buy a cheap plane ticket and, after obtaining the boarding pass, they entered the restricted boarding area of the airport. Later, they entered the store and put all the items they wanted to steal in large bags, taking advantage of the staff’s moments of inattention.
They then left the airport, through the arrivals area, like any other tourist, with their suitcases. In fact, they happened to be robbed several times on the same day with different boarding passes.
The recovered effects, estimated at approximately 19,000 euros There were 117 flavors of different brands with high market value, 185 packets of rolling tobacco, as well as 170 packets of tobacco, distributed in 17 boxes.
All this material kept in a hotel roomthat they had previously reserved. In order to access the premises, the National Police requested an entry and search warrant from the competent judicial authority for the premises.
The detainees were brought before the court this weekend, which ordered the imprisonment of one of them.
