Pickpockets given 24 hours to leave Mallorca

Two of a pickpocket gang going to court in Palma, Mallorca

Two of the seventeen going to court on Wednesday. | Alejandro Sepúlveda

Andrew EdePalma16/06/2022 12:02

Seventeen Romanian pickpockets, arrested by the National Police earlier this week, were on Wednesday given 24 hours to leave Mallorca.

The judge in Palma who heard the case, Enrique Morell, will order any of them who do not comply to prison.

The seventeen were detained following a joint Palma and National Police operation. They are believed to have been responsible for dozens of robberies in recent weeks. The gang has been described as one of most active in Mallorca in recent years. Individuals had come to the island with the sole intention of committing crimes during the tourism season.

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Stan The Man | over 2 years ago

There have been Pickpockets in Mallorca for years. Watching them on the crowded Buses steal purses from open bags. Then passing the purse to an accomplice who gets off at the next stop. Men in long coates closing round Tourists in a Bus Queue to envelope them and steal from their person. Mainly these criminals I have seen operate in Magaluf, Palma Nova and Bus queues and routes to and from Palma. Look for the "Dip" with long finger nails. Tourists Beware!.

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