Overview
- A tourist was assaulted while getting into a taxi in Barceloneta when one man violently ripped a luxury watch from his wrist as a second stood lookout.
- Off-duty Guardia Urbana officers who were nearby chased and intercepted both suspects within minutes of the attack.
- Police recovered the stolen watch, valued at €50,000, and returned it to the victim, who suffered only minor injuries.
- The two men are being held as alleged perpetrators of robbery with violence and will face judicial processing for the charge.
- Barceloneta is a busy tourist area where visible luxury items draw opportunistic thieves and police say rapid intervention by off-duty officers was decisive in this case.