Mango thieves detained

Two men, aged 32 and 53 years, have been arrested on suspicion of stealing 300 kilos of mangoes from a farm in Benamargosa.

Call centre thieves apprehended

National Police have arrested a man and a woman as the alleged perpetrators of a break-in at a call centre in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena.

Theft of jewels from church in Villanova

Thieves broke into the San Miguel church in Villanueva, Córdoba and stole jewels belonging to the Virgen de Luna, patron saint of Villanova and Pozoblanco.

Police recover stolen historical artefact

The Guardia Civil has recovered the marble head of a fourth century bust of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius which was stolen in February 2013 from the belfry of the Quintana del Marco church in León.

Caught in the act

Local Police officers surprised two men who were trying to carry off steel water pipes in calle Mirto. The pipes belong to the local water company Aguas de Narixa and the company has reported a number of thefts recently.

Thieves caught red-handed

Guardia Civil officers in Fuengirola have arrested three people, all Spanish nationals, after catching them red-handed stealing copper cable and various appliances, including air conditioning units, from a Ministry of Public Works storage facility in the city.

Five arrested for stealing potatoes

Police have arrested five people, all Spanish nationals and residents of Málaga, on suspicion of robbery after they were caught red-handed loading 100 kilos of stolen potatoes into a van at a farm in Vélez-Málaga.

Six arrested in connection with drugs theft

On November 13th 2011, a gang of thieves broke into an official drugs repository and made off with, amongst other things, 120 kilos of cocaine. Now, after a long investigation, six people have so far been arrested in connection with the theft, four in Madrid and two in Málaga.

Alleged copper thief electrocuted

A 27 year old man is in the Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Sevilla after being electrocuted while allgedly trying to steal copper wire from an electricity sub-station in Alcalá del Río. The incident occurred at 00:15 on Sunday morning at the sub-station in calle Lavanda. A second alleged robber got away.

Thieves steal crash barriers

Thieves have stolen 90 metres of crash barriers from a windy stretch of the MA-3111 between Olias and Comares in Málaga province. Plastic tape has been put up until the barriers can be replaced.