Both the National and Local Police deployed a special police force during the afternoon of yesterday and until the early hours of this Wednesday morning, on the occasion of the celebration of Halloween, in different areas of public roads where it was expected a large accumulation of people, as well as in the usual nightlife places in Valencia.
In a first assessment, the National Police has reported that agents have arrested 11 people for various reasons such as injuries, drug trafficking, gender violence, illicit possession of weapons and legal claims. In addition, 462 people have been identified, 60 vehicles have been inspected, and 69 reports have been drawn up for reasons such as possession of narcotic substances as well as possession of weapons.
The police officers who were part of the device directed by the Valencia Provincial Police Station were members of the Provincial Citizen Security Brigade, the Immediate Response Group to Crime (G.R.I.C.), agents belonging to the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR). ), as well as the Judicial Police and G.O.R. groups. of the different districts of Valencia, and the Police Intervention Unit (U.I.P.)
In total, there have been more than 400 police officers - 300 from the National Police and 121 from the Local Police - who have been in charge of surveillance this Halloween night in the city of Valencia, with the installation of security fences in twenty-four areas and controls. documentation, alcohol and drugs.
As for the Local Police, the device was made up of 121 agents, 453 security fences have been placed in twenty-four areas, with special emphasis on Plaza de Honduras, in addition to containers in Plaza de la Virgen and in the neighborhood of Carmen to prevent the entry of alcohol and glass into the historic center.
Meanwhile in Alicante, agents of the National Police have arrested 14 people during the Halloween celebrations, for robberies with violence, robberies with force inside homes, thefts, judicial complaints, resistance and serious disobedience to an agent of the authority and serious threats.
The agents have arrested three people for robberies with violence, one of them for trying to snatch the victim's mobile phone in the vicinity of the Alicante General Hospital. The detainee struggled with the attacked woman, who had to ask for help from the hospital's private security, who came to his aid and held the man, of Algerian origin and 25 years old, until the arrival of the Police.
The other two detainees are two men, of Russian origin and aged 22 and 31, who were caught red-handed by National Police officers when they were intimidating a person, whom they each held by one arm while they searched his pockets. The agents realized that something strange was happening, they prevented the robbery and proceeded to arrest both men, who were seized with a knife.
In addition, three people have been arrested red-handed when they were leaving the entrance of a building after trying to rob a home. The agents observed the three suspects leaving a doorway and, upon realizing the police presence, they fled with a "nervous" attitude, so they were caught up and asked about their actions.
The agents observed that in one of the backpacks they were carrying there were numerous tools such as a kickstand or screwdrivers. For this reason, they carried out an inspection of the building and saw that one of the homes had been forced to try to enter, although the robbery was not completed. The three detainees, two Moroccans and an Algerian between 21 and 29 years of age, gave "disparate and incoherent" versions and none of them resided at the scene of the events.
On the other hand, the National Police has arrested five people for theft. Two were arrested red-handed for stealing the mobile phone from another man with symptoms of drunkenness sitting in a doorway. Three other people, Spaniards between 20 and 23 years old, were arrested for carelessly stealing three high-end mobile phones from their victims and being located by the GPS positioning of one of the terminals.
In addition, a man was arrested for filing a judicial complaint against him, another for resistance and serious disobedience to an agent of authority, and another for serious threats. The agents have controlled more than 188 people and 47 vehicles, while they have drawn up 49 reports for possession or consumption of a narcotic substance.
The areas reinforced by this special device have been those with the greatest influx of people, such as Postiguet, El Barrio, the Explanada de España, Rambla Méndez Núñez and the central area of Alicante.
