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21 arrested as Spanish police dismantle 'hugging pickpockets' gang - Spain in English

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Spain’s National Police – in an operation carried out jointly with police in Romania and coordinated by Europol – have arrested more than 20 people involved in a criminal network that carried out robberies by first ‘hugging’ their victims in a ‘loving embrace’. According to the police, the hugging technique was used to catch victims unaware, with the thieves approaching in a friendly demeanour, before assaulting their victims with a hug and then…
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21 arrested as Spanish police dismantle 'hugging pickpockets' gang - Spain in English

Spain’s National Police – in an operation carried out jointly with police in Romania and coordinated by Europol – have arrested more than 20 people involved in a criminal network that carried out robberies by first ‘hugging’ their victims in a ‘loving embrace’. According to the police, the hugging technique was used to catch victims unaware, with the thieves approaching in a friendly demeanour, before assaulting their victims with a hug and then…

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Spain in English broke the news in on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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