Despite the police effort, an error in the investigation left thieves without a conviction.
When a heist or a crime is viralized and becomes the focus of the media and networks, they usually become Cultur iconsOh a before and after how the police protect citizens. It is usually Highly effective strategies and striking or criminals with an unparalleled charisma.
However, in this case it was not only a meticulous plan, but a Millionaire booty that shook Spain. In 2012, a group of seven criminals committed the most important jewelry theft of Madrid, taking 2,800 watches luxury 28.3 million eurosbut they ended without condemnation.
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The theft of watches from Madrid
On December 1, 2012, the incredible theft at the headquarters of DIARSA (International Distribuidora de Alta Watchmakers, SA), located in the numbers 245-247 of López de Hoyos Street, in the district of Linear city, Madrid. It is a three -flooded three -floor building, with its own parking and a video surveillance system both inside and outside. It was day and still managed to dodge all the security guards until access the safe.
The main objective was the room where the safes were located with the watches. To access, they made a hole of reduced dimensions, just enough for the entry of a person. Then, using one Thermal spearthey managed to pierce the boxes and stole all their content: high -end watches and jewels of exclusive signatures such as HublotLocman, Ulysse Nardin, ParmigianiEberhard, Cuervo and nephews and Boucheron.
Once stolen, the plan did not end there. The group had contact with Chinese citizens of shops in Madridto give an appearance of legality, which were responsible for receiving these watches and give them out In the Asian country.
While the authors enjoyed a summer on the Ibizan and Moroccan coastbut the group of the group contacted, through a Moroccan intermediary, with a Chinese criminal organization that ended up providing a large track to the police. Eleven months After crime, they managed to carry out the arrests.
What happened to the criminals
After 11 months and several judicial instances, the Seven detainees For the theft of watches they ended acquitted of crime. This decision was not taken because they have been able to demonstrate their innocence, but due to investigation failures. The judge annulled the call tracking and listening for not being legal, so there are not enough indications to condemn any.
These listening were the ones that allowed Locate the first of the defendants and they managed to find 303 of those watches. However, this registration was derived from orders and cars dictated by the head of the Court of Instruction number 51 of Madrid in which he authorized to locate telephones of the investigated and intervene them. The judge explained that the “Illegitimacy” of these evidence entails the helpless of the defendantsagainst which there are no more conclusive evidence and therefore are acquitted.
Source: Ambito
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