The Mayor of Calasparra, Jose Velez, promised residents of the Tierra del Sol that plain clothes police were watching a group suspected of committing a spate of burglaries on the urbanisation before the fiestas.
He also told representatives of TDS and Nexonr that unmarked police cars would be patrolling the area during the day and night, even during the fiestas.
“We are on the verge of arresting them,” he said, “we know who they are and we want to catch them red-handed so they don´t escape justice.”
Confirming that several of the group were minors, he said, the local police were cooperating with the Guardia Civil in an operation to arrest the thieves.
Editors note: This meeting took place last week but we took the decision not to publish these details for fear of alerting the criminals. However, as concerns have been raised about the apparent lack of police patrols on TDS, we have reviewed this decision.
