A collaborative operation involving the National Police and the Civil Guard in Alicante has successfully disrupted an organised gang of Albanian-Kosovar origin. Six individuals have been arrested, facing charges for more than forty thefts across the provinces of Alicante, Valencia, and Murcia. These crimes primarily targeted pharmacies, banks, and supermarkets, where the gang employed stolen hydraulic tools from the San Vicente del Raspeig fire station to access secure locations.

The gang’s activities resulted in an estimated financial loss exceeding two hundred thousand euros, due to stolen cash and property. This includes more than ten thousand euros worth of cash registers from pharmacies and a significant thirty thousand euros from an automated teller machine in the Valencia municipality of Llocnou de Sant Jeroni that was destroyed with the hydraulic tool.

During their spree, the gang committed most of these thefts in August and September of the previous year, with recent illegal activities continuing until they were apprehended. Notably, the police operations took place in Finestrat, La Vila Joiosa, Orihuela Costa, and Torrevieja. Four of the arrested members are currently held in provisional custody.

Among the notable incidents, the gang unsuccessfully attempted to rob a real estate agency in Campoamor after a struggle with a security guard. They also abandoned a stolen BMW X5 into a canal to evade capture. The hydraulic tools used in many of these crimes were stolen from the fire station last July, demonstrating a well-planned series of operations by the gang.