Stolen on a farm in the municipality of Mula, it has been recovered, six months later, in a company selling agricultural vehicles Hellin (Albacete)
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia, within the 'Plan against theft on farms and livestock farms', has developed the operation 'TORRESBETO', an investigation to clarify the removal of a machine backhoe on a farm in the municipality of Mula , which has led to the arrest of a person suspected of committing the crime of burglary and the investigation of prosecution and investigation, a second.
The agricultural machine has been recovered in perfect condition in Hellin (Albacete) and has been returned to its rightful owner.
The investigation began last November after civil guards ROCK equipment (burglar in the field) were aware of the theft of a machine backhoe, on a farm in the hamlet of El Ardal MULENA.
This had generated social alarm in the agricultural sector and serious economic damage to the victim, so the value of the machine (40,000 euros), for the delay or suspension of work restocking and renewal of fruit trees on the farm .
The investigations carried out by the researchers allowed to find out that the theft was committed during a weekend, when non-farm work is done, and that the vehicle was driven by secondary highways and roads to your destination, without arousing suspicion.
The result of the research carried out, the Civil Guard learned that the perpetrator should be a person with extensive knowledge in this type of agricultural machinery, being a sophisticated vehicle security coded systems.
For several months, researchers ROCA teams and units of public security of the Meritorious made numerous inquiries and surveillance to locate the vehicle and stop, if any, to the thief, which conducted the research to a company selling heavy machinery located in the municipality of Hellín Albacete.
The backhoe stolen appeared on behalf of said corporation, whose owner, kept allegedly hidden on the premises of the company for six months being discovered when he denounced the loss of the vehicle documents, with the aim of obtaining a duplicate, for sale to a third person outside the crime under investigation.
Six months after its theft, the Civil Guard has recovered the backhoe machine has been returned to its rightful owner in perfect condition.
Operation 'TORRESBETO' has culminated in the arrest of a person male, Spanish, 29 and a second investigation woman, Spanish, 28 as alleged perpetrators of crimes of burglary, as well as the recovery of the backhoe stolen .
The detainee, the proceedings initiated and the vehicle recovered have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Mula (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior