A VENEZUELAN gang wore posh fits to enter up-market Madrid eating places to suss out potential victims sporting luxurious watches.
They then snatched objects from victims on the street earlier than escaping on motorbikes.
5 individuals aged between 20 and 30 years have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.
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Two of them had been caught throughout an assault on a businessman in a restaurant within the La Moraleja urbanization.
They’ve been charged with 4 robberies during which they stole watches value €100,000.
The top of the specialist Crono police unit, Angel Sanchez, mentioned: “It was, definitely, some of the violent teams we’ve confronted who had no hesitation in assaulting victims.”
Officers recovered two bikes with stolen licence plates used within the robberies in addition to a gun hidden in a secret compartment.
The police probe began in September when two individuals on a motorbike stole a watch and a gold chain valued at over €30,000 from a person inside an underground automotive park.
The sufferer was threatened with a gun and assaulted.
Two different robberies below related circumstances occurred in November and one other crime was dedicated on February 3, when two males on a motorbike snatched a watch- once more intimidating their goal with a weapon.
One other ruse utilized by the criminals was for certainly one of them to decorate up in a swimsuit and go into an costly restaurant in up-market districts of Madrid.
His job was to establish a diner sporting a high-end watch after which present his accomplices with an outline of their newest goal.
They then waited outdoors the restaurant to rob him with their faces hidden by bike helmets
The stolen watches had been offered on the black market in Spain, with third events taking them in another country.
