LORCA / The Local Police detain a man for an alleged crime of damage and theft after removing the wiring of the public lighting of the Bridge of San Cristóbal

The Councilor for Public Safety of the City of Lorca, Bethlehem Perez, has reported that within the preventive operations carried out by the Unit of Proximity and Prevention of Public Safety (UPPSC) has proceeded to the arrest of a person for alleged crimes of damages and theft.

Belén Pérez pointed out that «the action took place last Wednesday when it was reported, through citizen collaboration, that a person was stealing the public lighting wiring located on the pillars of the Bridge of San Cristobal or Bridge of Cars , using various tools and objects to access all the electrical elements that make up the lighting of said bridge in the course of the Guadalentín River «.

The Councilor for Public Safety added that «the author of the facts, realizing the police presence, tried to flee the place, although it was located and detained at the height of the Paraje de la Rivera de San Miguel, recovering the agents the tools and objects used to commit the criminal act Once the author, JMG, who has numerous police records for events of a similar nature, was found to have verified that the entire electrical installation located on the pillars of the bridge had been damaged , both the wiring and its conduits and the electric projectors that illuminate the area «.

Perez has indicated that «the detainee, along with the objects intervened, was placed at the disposal of the National Police of Lorca, with this security body making the corresponding inquiries and inquiries to clarify the facts and the judicial disposition of the Author of the facts The damage caused is valued at more than 2,000 euros and it will be necessary, on the part of the municipal services, to replace all the damaged electrical installation «.

The Citizen Security Edil has stressed that «with this important detention confirms the constant preventive / operational work developed by the Local Police of Lorca through the various units in which it is organized and through surveillance devices that are established throughout the municipal term, as well as its coordination with the rest of Security Forces and Bodies. »

The Local Police detains a man for an alleged crime of damage and theft after stealing the wiring of the public lighting of the Bridge of San Cristóbal