The Civil Guard has arrested two people and is investigating three more suspects for their alleged involvement in the theft of 56 tons of extra virgin olive oil in an oil mill in the Cordoban town of Carcabuey, oil that has been located by the agents in a nearby warehouse. One of those arrested is a former employee of the company where the theft of the oil, valued at around 500,000 euros, took place.
The robbery occurred at the end of last August, when the thieves forced one of the entrance doors at dawn and connected the oil tanks to the Tank trucks which they had prepared outside, and which they used to escape once loaded.
Given the nature of the robbery and the method followed by the thieves, investigators deduced that the perpetrators must be knowledgeable about the work system of the oil mill and the winery, since they knew how to manipulate and handle the tanks and the machinery for the extraction of the product. Furthermore, they had emptied specifically the tank that contained extra virgin olive oil, the most valuable, so they assumed that the thieves were workers in the sector or had experience in it.
The large amount of stolen oil suggested that it could not have been moved very far, so the Civil Guard began inspecting nearby oil mills, cooperatives and warehouses. Finally, the agents located the stolen oil in a nearby oil mill, also discovering that those responsible for it had falsified documentation that justified its ownership.
The Civil Guard proceeded to arrest two people, one of them a former oil mill worker harmed by the theft, the family business Marin Serrano El Lagarand investigates three more individuals for their alleged involvement.
The 56 tons of oil have been seized by the agents and, along with those arrested, have been placed at the disposal of the judicial authority.
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