By Tara Rippin • Published: 06 May 2020 • 17:12
THE robbery occurred on April 25, and the driver fled after the late night robbery. But police had the tracks left behind analysed, and the suspect was detained today in Deltebre.
The Catalan police revealed on its Twitter account, the arrest was made thanks to the identification of the tyre marks at the scene in L’Ampolla.
The detainee, a family member of the tractor owner, has been charged with robbery.
Identifiquem per les roderes dels pneumàtics un tractor que el conductor havia encastat en una benzinera de l’Ampolla (Terres de l’Ebre) per robar. Detenim un familiar del propietari del vehicle com a autor del robatori pic.twitter.com/y1wr9IEl3L — Mossos (@mossos) May 6, 2020
Identifiquem per les roderes dels pneumàtics un tractor que el conductor havia encastat en una benzinera de l’Ampolla (Terres de l’Ebre) per robar. Detenim un familiar del propietari del vehicle com a autor del robatori pic.twitter.com/y1wr9IEl3L
— Mossos (@mossos) May 6, 2020
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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