10 burglaries with violence

The arrests followed a lengthy investigation by undercover officers who linked the four men to 10 burglaries with violence carried out in Rincón de Loix, Armanello, Salto del Agua, Amafrá, Foi Manera and La Lloma and nine attacks on tourists.
arrested four men in connection with a series of violent robberies and car thefts carried out in the town and other parts of Alicante Province.Police say the four men, all Moroccan, are also facing charges of being in the country illegally.The four detainees are aged between 18 and 21 and have 42 previous arrests between them.
All of the crimes were committed at night and involved violence including strangulation.

Three of the detainees were picked up at the same time while the fourth was captured by local police following a pursuit through the town. Police were alerted to the man after a check on the vehicle he was driving found it had been stolen weeks earlier in Orihuela.A search of property being used by the gang uncovered 1,600 watches, a large amount of jewellery, mobile telephones and coin collections.