A total of 10 detainees who were involved in the theft of photovoltaic installations mainly in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura
They carried out the robberies in isolated places and traveled in rented or second-hand vehicles without changing ownership.
Three searches were carried out in the town of Telde, where 45 solar panels, 19 batteries, 2 inverters and 3 converters were recovered, and 2.900 grams of hashish, 500 grams of cocaine and 85 grams of heroin were seized.
Agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard have arrested 10 people in Gran Canaria, aged between 23 and 68 years old, two of them with numerous police records, as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of robbery with force, belonging to criminal organization, reception, drug trafficking and road safety.
The police investigation began last November 2022, after the agents learned that several thefts had occurred in mobile phone repeater antenna installations and solar photovoltaic infrastructure, where power supply batteries, wiring, and electronic equipment were stolen. and photovoltaic panels, causing significant harm to the population since they interrupted the service provided by the companies holding the goods to the citizens who hired their services, in addition to the economic losses for the companies that own the facilities.
This group committed criminal acts in isolated places, especially on the islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura, using technical means such as radial saws.
powered by batteries, since in the places they were targeted they did not have access to electricity, in addition to crowbars and shears. All this material used, not only to access the place of the robbery, but also to be able to manipulate the stolen objects, requiring a high level of professional training.
The investigators were able to determine that the group, which moved between islands to commit the robberies by sea, used, to transport the stolen material, rented or acquired second-hand vehicles where the ownership did not change, all of this to make it difficult. investigation and identification.
During the police operation, three searches were carried out in homes and industrial warehouses, two in the town of Telde and one in the town of San Bartolomé de Tirajana), where 45 solar panels, 19 batteries, 2 inverters and 3 converters, and where, in addition, 2.900 grams of hashish, more than 500 grams of cocaine and 85 grams of heroin were seized.
The police operation culminated in the arrest of 10 people as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of robbery, reception, drug trafficking and road safety, being placed at the disposal of the competent Judicial Authority, where the imprisonment of one of them was ordered. they.
