A 20-year-old repeat offender has been taken into custody by the National Police on suspicion of conducting up to seven robberies at Denia’s business premises. He faces charges of fraud, theft, and burglary. A number of robberies that took place between December 2024 and January 2025 were solved by investigators.
Actually, a “unusual increase” in local burglaries prompted the start of the probe. The security team installed a tool that enabled them to spot recurring themes in the robberies and connect them to the now-arrested person.
At the end of December, a young guy broke the lower lock and shattered the glass of the entrance door of a clothes store during the first heist. While someone else was on guard, he was able to get in and steal thirty euros.
He used a similar tactic to target a nearby pub the following week. Once inside, he stole 250 euros in cash after forcing a side door until the opening mechanism broke. The same clothes store was targeted once more a few days later. The young man stole 1,556 euros worth of clothing by repeating the approach, damaging the hinges and the lower portion of the door.
A supermarket in Denia reported locker tampering and the disappearance of many wallets at the same time as all of these incidents. Additionally, one victim found that the cards they carried were being used fraudulently.
Two robberies at the same pub in Denia at the end of December are added to these instances. He rode a bicycle and exploited the early hours to force open the establishment’s sliding doors without causing any obvious damage. Before the alarm went off, he was able to take 500 euros in change from the cash register the first time. A few days later, he went back to the same place with a bank card and a cell phone and tried to make a transaction.
Connections between the incidences and the juvenile offender were made possible by the examination of every offence. It was established that he exploited the physical closeness of his targets to his own house to operate inside a certain radius. As a result, he was able to quickly hide without being noticed and leave the area.
The man has a previous history for a number of property-related offences and was arrested in Teulada at the end of January. The investigation to find a potential second accomplice in some of the crimes is still ongoing, however he has been taken before the Denia Magistrate’s Court.
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