The national police arrested two women, 47 and 42 years old for committing several thefts from EMT buses in Malaga. Specifically, they are accused of five theft offenses and two fraud offenses.
The arrested women took advantage of the crowds inside the transport to commit reckless acts, according to police sources. His victims were mainly elderly people, and Their modus operandi was as follows: while one of the people investigated distracted the chosen person, the other stole the wallet from the bag or shopping cart. Two other identified women linked to these events have not been located at this time.
The investigation into the events began following the receipt of several complaints concerning thefts committed within this means of transport. All the victims explained that they had stole the purse from the bag or basket. In some cases, the thieves also used victims’ bank cards to make purchases at establishments.
Throughout the duration of this investigation, officers were focused on gathering all the information necessary to identify the perpetrators. everything pointed to a traveling network, made up of several women from Eastern countries, with enough experience and skills to commit crimes.
The investigations carried out by researchers from Zonal Flight Group shed light and managed to fully identify a group of four women belonging to an organized gang dedicated to theft and that they would have been identified and detained previously.
Its modus operandI allowed them to act in complete freedom, going unnoticed as travelers and use different routes so as not to attract the attention of other users.
The operation culminated when agents of the Zonal Theft Group, in collaboration with agents from police stations in dIstrito North and West, achieved the complete identification of the four women and the arrestSo far, two of them. The two arrested women have already been placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authority.
