Around ten thirty in the morning this Sunday elderly woman She was on Paseo Zorrilla, in the center of Valladolid, walking with her walker when a man grabbed her bag and took it to run away later. … on a bicycle.
The National Police received several calls to warn them of what had happened and moments later were able to intercept the suspected thief, who was arrested. They seized 150 euros.
The whistleblowers claimed that a theft had taken place by the “pull” method at number 164 of the aforementioned road and that the alleged perpetrator had fled on a bicycle towards the La Farola district from the capital Valladolid.
The officers, who were near the scene of the events, headed towards Carretera de la Esperanza and, upon arriving at Avenida de Irun, observed an individual with the characteristics described, riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. in the opposite direction. Given this coincidence, they proceeded to intercept it “to carry out the appropriate checks”, as reported by the Government Sub-delegation this Tuesday in a press release.
The loot
During the preventive search, they were found in the man’s pants pocket. 150 euros in 10 euro notes perfectly folded, accompanied by a packet of tobacco and various coins worth 15.90 euros. The individual said the money belonged to him. A few meters away, next to some containers, officers found a woman’s bag containing a cell phone, a set of keys and a wallet with documents and an ID.
Furthermore, another police team deployed on site questioned the victim, who reported that “the attacker, dressed entirely in black and riding an old bicycle”, snatched her handbag while holding it with his right hand and the handles of her walker.
The woman, who was able to avoid the fall thanks to her support on the aforementioned device, confirmed that “the stolen bag contained 150 euros in 10 euro notes, various coins, a packet of tobacco, a cell phone, house keys and personal documents.”
The witnesses present corroborated the victim’s version. Thus, given the evidence which places the individual “responsible for the violent theft and given that he was undocumented, the agents proceeded to arrest him”, transferring him to the police stations.
Once the police report was completed, it was transferred with the detainee to the judicial authority which decreed “his immediate entry into prison”assured the same sources.
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