By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 24 Mar 2016 • 18:01
OFFICERS from the Toledo and Ciudad Real sections of the Guardia Civil have uncovered a gang of olive thieves who are believed to have sold 300 tons of the fruit to oil producers and have arrested 23 people.
The operation which went under the title of Maloliva discovered that these thieves spread their nets far and wide, purloining the little buds of oil from olive groves in Toledo, Ciudad Real Caceres, Jaen, Cordoba and Malaga and selling them in Ciudad Real and Badajoz
In addition, five people said to be involved with the oil factories have been arrested and 18 tons of olives together with several vehicles were seized. The accused have been charged and released to await trial.
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