Overview
- Guardia Civil officers arrested a Colombian group that was preparing to storm a jewellery shop in Parque Corredor, Torrejón de Ardoz, during an operation that left one UEI officer injured.
- Investigators found the suspects equipped with assault‑style rifles in appearance and two Mercedes prepared for getaway and say the group was under close surveillance and linked to recent robberies in Pinto and Torrelodones.
- A separate operation called Tottus identified nine members of a roaming 'siembra' theft cell and led to three arrests in Madrid, with investigators attributing about 30 offences across several provinces and recoverable gains above €20,000.
- The 'siembra' method described by the Guardia Civil involved distracting victims in car parks, stealing purses or cards, coordinating via small earpieces and then withdrawing cash at ATMs before victims could block accounts.
- Police say the arrests show criminals are operating with flexible, interprovincial networks that use rental vehicles under false identities and that inquiries continue to find more members and to link suspects to earlier violent raids.