sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
La Voz de Galicia reports that a couple of thieves were caught in a trap. They did not know thatwhen they stole two pilgrim's packs in the hostel of Pontevedra that they would be arrested hours later by very unprofessional an oversight . Two men (neighbours) aged 44 and 57 years stole two backpacks in Pontevedra from a couple of pilgrims. Inside the packs were several items of clothing, wallet, camera, pilgrim credentials and a mobile phone.
When the pilgrim noticed the disappearance of his luggage he phoned the stolen mobile. A kind of negotiation between victim and thief was settled with an agreement. They agreed to stay in the vicinity of Pedrayo Otero Street to do some kind of trade and return the phone in exchange for money. The trap was set.
The pilgrims told the police who mounted a device in the vicinity of the train station. with unmarked police vehicles in the area in case the thieves planned to flee.
As soon as there was contact between the victim and one of the authors of the theft, an officer of the National Police in civilian clothes identified himself and proceeded to arrest of the individual. The officers asked for the rest of the luggage, which the prisoner said were stored on the floor of a friend. The police, the thief and the victim travelled to the address where the luggage was guarded and watched as his buddy came down to the door with the two backpacks.
When the pilgrim noticed the disappearance of his luggage he phoned the stolen mobile. A kind of negotiation between victim and thief was settled with an agreement. They agreed to stay in the vicinity of Pedrayo Otero Street to do some kind of trade and return the phone in exchange for money. The trap was set.
The pilgrims told the police who mounted a device in the vicinity of the train station. with unmarked police vehicles in the area in case the thieves planned to flee.
As soon as there was contact between the victim and one of the authors of the theft, an officer of the National Police in civilian clothes identified himself and proceeded to arrest of the individual. The officers asked for the rest of the luggage, which the prisoner said were stored on the floor of a friend. The police, the thief and the victim travelled to the address where the luggage was guarded and watched as his buddy came down to the door with the two backpacks.