A gang was arrested for piranha robberies in buses: they had almost a thousand cell phones

The Argentine Federal Police (PFA), under the Ministry of National Security, arrested six people accused of being part of a gang that carried out “piranha robberies” in AMBA buses. The officers arrested five men and a woman, who were detected by security cameras after committing a robbery on line 68. The agents of the Criminal Individualization Unit were able to identify them through the facial recognition computer system (Trabax Face Search). PIRANHA ROBBERIES IN BUSES: 6 ARRESTED AND A CRIMINAL GANG INSIDEThe PFA put an end to a gang dedicated to the theft of cell phones from AMBA passengers and recovered 952 phones, the product of the crimes committed. The investigation originated as a result of the attack suffered by a… pic.twitter.com/vw7MI1pLrH— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) June 26, 2024 Raids were carried out in different parts of the city and the province of Buenos Aires; among them González Catán, Esteban Echeverría, Laferrere, Ingeniero Budge, Marcos Paz and CABA. After the investigation, in charge of the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutors 42 and 4 (Silvia Rusi and Carlos Alberto Vasser), they detected that it was a network that worked in a structured way to steal cell phones: once they had the devices in hand, they took them to a laboratory specialized in unlocking and unlocking them. known as “La Cueva”. In total, police agents seized 952 cell phones, which they found in a house in the 1.11.14 neighborhood, (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). They also obtained the clothes worn by the defendants, remittances and a tactical ballistic vest holster without inscriptions. The arrested people will be at the disposal of the Justice. According to the Ministry of Security of the Nation, they were transferred to the Superintendence of Federal Investigations in Lugano (CABA), while the evidentiary material will be in charge of the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 14, under the supervision of Edmundo Rabbione and Secretariat No. 143 by Alberto E. Gegunded.

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