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Robbery at Orihuela Bank Foiled by Police Minutes Later

Robbery at Orihuela Bank Foiled by Police Minutes Later

Security camera footage was crucial in identifying the thief

Alejandro Hernández

Orihuela

Viernes, 24 de enero 2025, 14:55

The National Police have arrested the alleged perpetrator of a robbery with force at a bank branch in the centre of Orihuela minutes after the crime was committed. The arrested individual, a 35-year-old Spaniard, had broken the glass of one of the branch's doors to gain entry, according to the police force.

The incident occurred in the early hours of January 17th. Thanks to a call to the Cimacc-091 room of the National Police, in which the security company reported an alarm activation at the branch, police officers were able to arrive at the scene within minutes.

Upon arrival, they observed that the bank's acoustic system was activated and that the glass of one of the access doors was broken. Additionally, the interior of the branch was in disarray, with no one inside, the investigators noted.

Quickly, the commissioned officers requested the security manager of the bank branch to provide the images captured by the closed-circuit video surveillance, allowing them to see the perpetrator committing the robbery and leaving the scene a few minutes later after seizing some items.

With the physical characteristics of the perpetrator, several units of the National Police spread out across the municipality by sectors and began patrolling until they found a suspect who matched all the characteristics recorded by the cameras and who was trying to move away from the scene.

When intercepted, he was "evasive and incoherent" in his explanations. The officers found a medal with the emblem of the bank branch that had been broken into minutes earlier in the suspect's pocket, among other items, leading to his arrest. The insignia was later identified by one of the bank's officials.

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