Barcelona Police Arrest Three Suspects in Violent Robbery Spree

The operations that led to these arrests are part of the Tremall action plan to fight crime in the city. The detainees will be prosecuted for about twenty cases related to violent robberies committed last year and this year.

On March 27, a group of young people from the Paseo Verderón violently attacked a boy, injuring him in the face with a knife in order to deprive him of his belongings. A few meters away, another young man returning home was also attacked and stabbed four times in the back by a group of young people who took his mobile phone and headphones.

Since February, residents of the area had already reported several incidents and fights that occurred in the streets and public transportation. The police had subsequently opened an investigation that allowed them to link these violent events to several young people who were sleeping in an occupied apartment on Formentor Street in Nou Barris. A device was set up to locate them and proceed with their arrest on Tuesday, March 30. A knife that may have been used in one of the assaults was found in the apartment. Brought to justice, the three detainees were convicted.