Efe Madrid
Madrid
Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-16:01
The Civil Guard has arrested
16 employees of companies that operate the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport
for allegedly stealing effects whose value exceeds 120,000 euros from travelers' checked luggage, among which bags, jewelry, clothing and electronic devices prevail.
Another 22 workers have been investigated by agents of the Fiscal and Border Unit that operates at the airport within the framework of Operation Union, carried out jointly with Aena and the airlines, the Madrid Command reported this Wednesday. of the armed institute.
According to sources from the force, those arrested are those who would have committed the most valuable thefts, while those investigated supposedly carried out smaller thefts.
The agents have managed to recover items of various kinds, from
a large number of high-end bags and clothing, to electronic devices
- tablets, watches, mobile phones or wireless headphones -, cameras, a violin, a Bible or cash .
Image of some stolen and recovered objectsCivil Guard
The victims of the robberies, whose belongings were returned, were also very varied: the camera belonged to a US Army non-commissioned officer, who was located in Puerto Rico;
a smart watch was owned by a company executive;
and the violin of a young musician who had to give a recital in London.
A New York university student recovered her latest generation phone, a man received his tablet two years after losing it, a woman recovered her jewelry, and a Nicaraguan religious man did the same with a Bible full of photographs and personal notes.
Likewise,
a large quantity of sausages, ham, cheese, cans of preserves and other foods
that have been donated to canteens were seized as their legitimate owners could not be located. These events, the Civil Guard emphasizes, represent a financial and sentimental loss for the passengers. , in addition to the inconvenience of the procedures to report the theft in the middle of their leisure or business trips.