27 Nov, 2023 @ 10:25
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Thieves steal 700 joints of jamon in Spain’s Andalucia worth more than a whopping €200,000

jamon stolen in van

A PAIR of pork product plunderers have been pinched after pulling off a heist that saw them escape with a haul of Iberian jamon worth €200,000.

The stolen goods included 296 hams and shoulder cuts, and 448 loins of Iberian pork, all of which carried the esteemed Denomination of Origin from the Valle de Los Pedroches. 

The authorities were alerted to the theft following the forced entry of a tyre workshop in Villanueva de Córdoba and the disappearance of two vans.

Meanwhile, a local ham-drying facility was also broken into, leading police to surmise that the two crimes were linked.

Investigators managed to track down one of the vans to a warehouse in the Getafe area in southern Madrid.

A further search revealed the second van, and the complete recovery of all the stolen prized pork possessions, and two men were detained.

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Walter Finch

Walter Finch, who comes from a background in video and photography, is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power. He is fascinated by the nexus between politics, business and law-breaking, as well as other wider trends that affect society.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break in the business working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.
He took up up a reporter role with the Olive Press Newspaper and today he is based in La Linea de la Concepcion at the heart of a global chokepoint and crucial maritime hub, where he edits the Olive Press Gibraltar edition.
He is also the deputy news editor across all editions of the newspaper.

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