MADRID, Spain – Thieves working in Las Vegas, a rural space close to Spain’s capital Madrid, managed to steal 17.5 tons of olives from native farms earlier than being busted, police stated Friday as they confirmed 16 arrests.
“The Guardia Civil has arrested and investigated 21 people behind the theft of 17,500 kilograms of olives in the Las Vegas region,” police stated, indicating 16 had been arrested and 5 others investigated.
In whole, they robbed six farms within the Las Vegas space, a rural area that lies southeast of the Spanish capital.
The investigation started in January when a farmer complained in regards to the theft of 8,400 kilograms of olives from his land, with police making the hyperlink with different comparable incidents within the space involving “significant quantities of olives”.
In early February, they had been alerted to the presence of 5 individuals in a automobile carrying 140 kilograms of olives in broad daylight, however none of them may show they had been legally acquired.
Investigators then raided two olive presses within the Toledo and Guadalajara areas that had been allegedly receiving the stolen fruit, arresting these in cost.
In whole, investigators discovered documentation referring to the alternate of greater than 17.5 tons of stolen olives and seized a number of tanks containing greater than 6,000 liters of olive oil.
The detainees, aged between 20 and 57, have been charged with quite a lot of offences together with theft, fraud and receiving stolen items. — Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
