MADRID: Spanish police have busted a felony group devoted to stealing your seat. Actually.
Spain’s Nationwide Police stated Wednesday (Oct 22) that they’d arrested seven individuals suspected of stealing greater than 1,100 chairs from out of doors seating areas at eating places and bars in Madrid and one other close by municipality in simply two months.
The group of six males and a lady labored at evening to pilfer the chairs from 18 completely different institutions in Madrid and Talavera de la Reina, a smaller metropolis to the southwest of the capital, in August and September. The estimated impression of the stolen property was round 60,000 euros (US$69,000), based on police.
The suspects, who face fees of theft and belonging to a felony organisation, resold the chairs in Spain but in addition in Morocco and Romania, police stated.
In Spain, many eating places and bars depart tables and chairs, that are often product of steel or arduous plastic, outdoor in the course of the evening. The chairs will usually be saved in stacks and chained down.
