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Detained two people for alleged authorship of continued crime of fraud and robbery, and a third for the crime of illegal arms possession
They stole about 8,000 euros manipulating or forcing the wheel of an arcade
In both performed house searches it has recovered 3,700 euros a starter pistol manipulated to make real fire and four ammunition cartridges
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia has developed in Las Torres de Cotillas, operation 'STADIUM', an investigation to clarify several crimes of fraud and theft committed in an arcade, which has led to the arrest of three people two of them as alleged perpetrators of crime of continued fraud and robbery, and a third for the alleged crime of authorship of illegal possession of weapons.
The value of the stolen would be about 8,000 euros.
In both performed house searches it has recovered 3,700 euros a starter pistol manipulated to make real fire and four rounds of ammunition.
The investigation last May began when the Civil Guard learned of the abduction, in a recreational hall of the municipality of Las Torres de Cotillas, from the collection of a gaming machine by breaking the box.
In order to clarify the facts the investigators collected evidence from the crime scene itself where, besides presenting damage the machine, images of video surveillance cameras establishment were obtained.
This information has identified two people, regular customers of the establishment, who acted in a coordinated way so that while one of them entertained the employee, the other was engaged in manipulating or forcing the boxes of roulette.
Experienced professional players at roulette
Meritorious continued research to discover that it is experienced players, whose knowledge of the mechanisms of roulette currently facilitate handling with the following modus operandi: the afternoon before feeding the boxes playing large amounts of money without ending the play, the which enabled them to obtain tickets returning to redeem the establishment to continue playing.
The operation ended the next day when the machine, the limit of its capacity, gave prize.
On other occasions, simply forcing the drawer of the collection while communicating inside the premises through mobile phone messages, to avoid being detected by other customers or the employees themselves.
The information obtained has been made known to the judicial authority, which ordered the command input and record in two homes of Cartagena, residence of the suspects and place from which they moved to the playroom of Las Torres de Cotillas for commit their criminal actions.
Recently, the Civil Guard has materialized two separate records which have been seized 3.700 euros and an alarm pistol manipulated to make real fire, with four rounds of ammunition.
Operation 'STADIUM' has culminated in the arrest of three people, two of them a Spanish and a Ghanaian citizen between 29 and 21 years for the alleged authorship of the crime of burglary and fraud and Spanish third, 59 on suspicion crime of illegal possession of weapons.
The detainees, money, weapon and ammunition seized have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Molina de Segura (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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