There are renewed fears amongst residents of the luxury Sotogrande urbanisation in San Roque after yet another house raid, this time targeting a British family. In recent years the wealthy zone has been targeted by sophisticated criminal gangs. Sotogrande employs its own private security firm and both the Guardia Civil along with the local police have stepped up vigilance but seemingly without effect.
The details of the latest robbery were revealed by the Guardia Civil last week. The raid took place in a British-owned property close to Valderrama golf course. The thieves made off with cash, jewellery, various valuable items as well as the family’s credit cards.
The thieves entered the property at around 9pm two Thursdays ago and held the sole British occupant at gunpoint. They then laid in wait for the three other members of the family to arrive and locked them in an interior room of the house. The thieves then went through the property taking anything of value.
Once they had fled, a member of the family managed to break free in the early hours of Friday and raised the alarm with the Guardia Civil. The local police searched the area but without success. It is believed that between three and five robbers were involved and it is suggested they were part of a criminal gang from Eastern Europe.
The fact that the intruders were armed and held the family captive set the robbery apart from previous break-ins in the zone, in which raiders have either entered late at night and used a gas spray to knock out already sleeping occupants or have staked out the house then broken in when the residents went out for the evening.
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2 comments:
the security at sotogrande have cameras recording every enterance and exit from the resort thus able to identify,at least,the vehicles-the security is very unwilling to provide this video footage,why?
Most of the robberies are committed by one of a few romanian gangs in the area-some,for example,approach houses and offer services and 'scout' the house while giving 'quotes and estimates'.
If the guardia civil were to receive criminal records from romanian authorities of persons registering in their regions it would make some difference.Better lighting,already promised and paid for by the residents,would help and certainly more obvious cctv-its the best deterrant.RESIDENTS LUXURY CARS ARE BEING DRIVEN OUT OF THE RESORT THROUGH SECURITY BY YOUTHS IN TRACKSUITS AT OBSCURE HOURS OF THE MORNING AND BEING ALLOWED TO PASS WHILE THE SECURITY IS ON 'ALERT'. One cant help but wonder if the security are what they say they are and whether a spaniard being robbed will make a difference,it has been reported that only NON-RESIDENTS properties are targeted,similarily to the algarve by Romanians,only intelligence can bring some reason to their target motives.
the security points in this area are a joke, cars drive in and out without any checks.its money for old rope.why do the residents put up with this poor service.im sure most of the robberies are the staff or are involved in some way.knobody sees or hears anything.thats strange....
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