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Car parts recovered
THE Guardia Civil has arrested six people who were involved in the theft of catalytic converters throughout the Marina Alta.
The detainees, all of them men between the ages of 23 and 46 and of Romanian and Colombian nationality, are accused of theft, receiving stolen goods and belonging to a criminal group.
The investigation, carried out by the Guardia Civil, began in March after learning of various thefts of car parts from vehicles parked in different towns of the Marina Alta. After intense investigative work, officers found out that those responsible for the robberies were a father and his son, aged 23 and 46, both Romanian and residents of Calpe.
The men went to different locations with the older man’s wife, who they left outside supermarkets to beg and divert attention from the thefts, which were undertaken extremely quickly.
Investigators were able to locate and recover the stolen parts hidden in an underground garage in Teulada.
The 24 catalytic converters were returned to their rightful owners.
BENIDORM has been chosen as one of 64 European cities chosen as a ‘Smart City’ in the Intelligent Cities Challenge initiative.
It was chosen to participate in the 20232025 edition of the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC), an initiative of the European Commission, whose objective is to ‘support and accelerate the double green and digital transition of municipalities’. This was reported on Wednesday, July 19, by the mayor, Toni Perez, who stated that “being in this prestigious programme and competitive market is very important, and one more fruit for the road we have travelled transforming Benidorm.”
In this case, Benidorm will be able to benefit from cooperation with other smart cities and “exchange of knowledge, experiences and solutions,” by adapting projects or initiatives successfully tested in other European municipalities and destinations to the needs of Benidorm.
The European Commission would have taken into account Benidorm’s commitment to sustainable mobility with the creation of 135 kilometres of bike lanes and cycle paths and its commitment to energy and water efficiency.
