The detainee wear a reflective uniform disguised as airport labor staff to deceive his victims and steal money in cash or any other valuable item. In addition to being characterized, it used falsified documentation to avoid being identified and to make difficult the police work.
Agents of the National Police have proceeded to the arrest of a 36-year-old man of French origin, who carried forged documents and took away all kinds of valuables from travelers who were passing through the Alicante-Elche airport. The device was initiated when agents of the Investigation Group of the Airport Commissary learned of several negligent thefts committed in a short space of time. For this reason, several hours of security recordings captured by the cameras that were close to the places where the events had occurred were reviewed, appreciating in one of them how the author put on a reflective vest and pretended to be a parking lot worker. Airport is offering their help with luggage to travelers.
When he gained his confidence, he took advantage of his victim's carelessness and stole everything he could without her noticing the subtraction maneuver. With the images collected and once had the physical characteristics of the author of the facts, a search operation was initiated that culminated with the identification and detention of this person, which was recognized by several more victims, thus clarifying other facts that were pending and were being investigated. The detainee was charged with two offenses against the heritage and falsification of documents, for which he was brought before the courts. The arrest has been carried out by agents in safety clothing of the Police Station of the border post of the Alicante-Elche airport.
