Overview
- National Police detained a suspected repeat offender in Valladolid on March 16 over a February theft from a parked van.
- The Valladolid detainee has 37 prior police detentions, including three this year, and was released after appearing before a judge.
- In Vigo before dawn on March 16, police arrested a man after a forced entry at a vending-machine warehouse that netted about €3,500 in coins and electronic keys.
- Officers located the Vigo suspect within two hours, recovering roughly €1,500 and the stolen electronic keys from his vehicle before presenting him to court.
- Forensic inspection and theft-unit inquiries led to the Valladolid identification, while patrols handled both arrests as part of ongoing property-crime investigations.