Overview
- Three hooded suspects forced multiple doors at the Santuari de la Vall de Núria hotel, loaded an approximately 300‑kg safe onto a mattress and then a sled, and dragged it about 500 meters before throwing it down a slope by the rack railway.
- The hotel initially reported about €800 in cash stolen, and investigators had been unable to verify the safe’s contents because deep snow and avalanche risk blocked access.
- Hotel personnel ultimately reached the safe on the mountainside, and Mossos d'Esquadra confirmed it was empty on discovery.
- Exceptional snowfall and the valley’s limited access—primarily by rack railway or on foot at roughly 2,000 meters—delayed recovery efforts and forensic work.
- The investigation remains open with no arrests, as police pursue leads on the three masked intruders and assess how they moved the safe through the building.