Overview
- Police arrested a man at Barcelona‑Nord who was carrying 139 mobile phones valued at about €150,000 on June 23 after officers found the devices during a luggage check.
- Authorities say most of the handsets came from victims at Primavera Sound on June 6 and 7.
- The suspect is charged with aggravated theft (hurto agravado) and receptación, and officers have seized the phones to trace owners by serial numbers and IMEIs.
- The arrest occurred at a Brigada Móvil transport checkpoint set up for the papal visit when officers stopped a bus bound for Romania.
- The case, together with a separate Mossos arrest for 34 phones at Sónar, highlights how open‑air festivals attract organised phone theft and how police are using transport controls to disrupt cross‑border resale while victims work to register and recover devices.