12 Jul, 2024 @ 20:00
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Locksmith who repaired a safe at a luxury Madrid apartment returned months later to steal €1.5m in cash and items

Locksmith who repaired a safe at a luxury Madrid apartment returned months later to steal cash and items valued at €1.5m

A LOCKSMITH has been arrested in Madrid for stealing cash and jewellery valued at €1.5 million from a safe that he repaired months earlier.

The safe expert, 35, and another Spaniard, 47, were detained by the Policia Nacional on June 26 but details were only made public on Friday.

Investigations ran for months following last autumn’s theft from a luxury apartment in the capital’s Salamanca district.

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The police said the suspects had a history of committing similar crimes.

The locksmith is said to have prepared for the robbery a year ago after the apartment owner hired him to do maintenance work on the safe.

He is accused of obtaining all the information needed to rob it at a future stage and was paid €3,000, which has also led to him being charged with fraud for excessive charging.

Three months after his visit, the property was robbed when the occupants were not at home.

The police tried to access security camera footage from the concierge service of the apartment block, but officers discovered that the robbers had stolen the recordings.

The arrests were made last month, with one of the men having in his possession a watch that was stolen from the home.

Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.

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