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Have recovered 50 kg of stolen copper wire stretches of power lines in La Union
He was associated with the continued theft of copper cable from 2013
The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, under the 'Provincial Plan Copper Theft', has arrested one person for his alleged involvement in the theft of copper wire of various sections of the power line of the town of La Union.
By now arrested two crimes he is accused of stealing copper, and be related to numerous sales of this material in waste management centers, so the Meritorious continues to investigate his alleged connection with other facts of similar characteristics.
Proceedings were initiated during the inspection carried out by agents of the ROCA equipment, specializing in the fight against theft at farms and livestock, to a recycling of waste cartagenera hamlet of La Palma.
Locally the existence of large amounts of a type of copper wire rod of very specific characteristics was checked and is commonly used by utilities in their facilities.
The first investigation focused on verifying the legal origin of the material, as well as locate the seller of the goods identified that appeared in the record book the junkyard.
Used a company car to commit burglaries
The Meritorious result of the collected evidence, identified the vehicle used in the supply of material, a tourism rental by an electric company employee whose regular driver matched the identity of the person making sales of copper.
According to research carried out by the Guardia Civil, the now detained moved weekly from Alicante to work as head of the department of electrical automation business, in turn subcontracted by another, for work in the Region team.
Once in Murcia, using the expertise of their employment and places data enabling to appropriate wiring, protected by the discretion that facilitated uniformity, and using work tools at your disposal.
Then headed to recycling companies, which delivered the goods without raising suspicions about the possible illegality of the products.
Two of these robberies were committed in places of the municipality of La Union, where they were stolen over a thousand feet of copper airline.
The precision with which the cables have been manipulated for their removal has become clear that the author has extensive knowledge in the electricity sector.
Up to 12 copper sales in a year
The Civil Guard has determined that the arrest is linked to the sale so far this year, more than half a ton of copper wire and scrap material whose provenance could not be established.
The now detained, occurring in the purchase invoices examined the delivery of copper material in junkyards to 12 times, so the investigation remains open for the elucidation of possible facts related to this arrest.
Research by the Meritorious have, for the moment, clarifying various crimes and recover 50 kg of copper wire.
The suspect, recovered purposes and proceedings have been made available to the Magistrate's Court in Cartagena (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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