Off-duty cops spat at while arresting violent street robber in Valencia on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Two off-duty cops were spat at repeatedly while arresting a suspected ‘violent robber’ after chasing him through the streets in Valencia.

THE Guardia Civil officers were having lunch on a terrace with friends when they heard screams and saw a wounded woman running after a man in Ruzafa.

They chased and, after a struggle, apprehended the suspect, who allegedly spat at them several times as they pinned him to the ground.

Two passersby helped the officers to restrain the ‘burly thief’ while someone else called the police for back up.

Minutes earlier, the woman was injured when the suspect reportedly snatched her handbag with ‘great force.’

The victim fell to the ground and was dragged a few metres, according to a witness.

Police recovered her purse and mobile phone.

It turns out the thief has numerous criminal records for violent robberies in the Valencian Community and Catalonia.

The two officers involved in the arrest are assigned to the Guardia Civil’s Special Group of Underwater Activities (GEAS) of Valencia, and one of them was slightly injured during the struggle.

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Tara Rippin

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.
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