The Police in Cartagena captured, with a court order, three men for the crimes of aggravated qualified theft and manufacture, trafficking or possession of firearms.
Those captured would be responsible for the theft of a valuables car belonging to the Transporte de Valores company on August 3, 2021, in the The Princess neighborhood.
(Also: Why did the Historical Pact reject the works on the Canal del Dique?)
That day the criminals got away with 2,170 million pesos in cash.
in the assault criminals diverted the value car from the scheduled routearguing works on the road, and in a neighborhood alley they were intercepted by a platoon truck, which had been stolen in the municipality of Bello Antioquia.
Everything had been planned by the assailants.
The quality of life and expenses that were given were not consistent with the very poor salaries they received
One of them had even inflicted a wound to pass himself off as a victim of the assault
But there is no perfect robbery and they left clues.
After the robbery, the scene of the assault was already a suspicion for the authorities: a single broken glass of the stock car where the assailants supposedly intimidated the guards.
There were no traces of shots fired either on the stock cart or on the surrounding walls.
However, one of the guards had a wound in one of his extremities, presumably with a firearm.
“These criminals they had infiltrated as vigilantes in the securities firms they later raided, one of them had even inflicted a wound to pass himself off as a victim of the assault”, said Brigadier General Nicolás Zapata, commander of the Cartagena Metropolitan Police.
In the monitoring of the gang, the authorities showed that the quality of life and expenses were not in line with the very poor salaries they received.
(Also: They euthanize a puppy after being stabbed in Valledupar)
Still to run at least
seven more captures of this gang
Then came several interviews in which the infiltrated ‘vigilantes’ changed their statements.
The same Police infiltrated the securities company and then They got to know the life of luxury and travel that some guards with basic positions took.
The robbery had become an obsession for the commander of the Cartagena Metropolitan Police, General Nicolás Zapata, because it was his first mission in office, and the few initial clues seemed to indicate that the criminals would get away with it.
(We invite you to read: Illegals held Gustavo Petro’s delegation in Chocó)
According to the high official, at least seven more captures of this band are yet to be executed.
The arrests of these three alleged criminals occurred in Cartagena and Turbaco, in the Bonzas, Vista Hermosa and Nelson Mandela neighborhoods.
Cartagena
More news in Colombia
Threat by WhatsApp has locked up a population on the Pacific coast of Cauca
The letter that reveals doubts about the ‘mega-project’ of the Canal del Dique