The Mossos d'Esquadra, the National Police and the Urban Guard carry out a joint operation on Tuesday against the pickpockets that act in wagons of the Barcelona metro. Agents of civilian of the three bodies have been deployed in a coordinated manner by some of the stations where more robberies of wallets and mobile phones are recorded in an attempt to arrest, at the same time, several of the professionals of theft who, every day, They act in the suburban.
Some of the arrests are occurring at the Diagonal and Sagrada Familia stops, where pickpockets take advantage of the influx of tourists to act. In the operation, in addition to the specialized units of Mossos and Urbana, agents from the Police Ucrif also participate, who will also identify those who are in an irregular situation to process their expulsion.
The subtractions in the subway are, together with thefts and violent robberies in the street, the crimes that increase the safety statistics in the Catalan capital. According to calculations of the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Urbana, between 80 and 100 pickpockets work every day in the wagons of Barcelona and have the identity of about 200, many repeat offenders.
The high productivity of pickpockets in Barcelona has had the indirect effect that groups of citizens have organized to scare away thieves. Collectives such as Citizen Patrol or Residents Against Robbery (Roar) have become known in social networks with videos in which they pick up pickpockets and, between whistles or screams, they move them away from wagons. An activity that the City Council of Barcelona has warned to pursue, as warned by the deputy mayor of Security, Albert Batlle.
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