On Thursday morning, National Police plainclothes officers observed an individual in the Palma neighbourhood of Cas Capiscol. The officers recognised the 22-year-old Moroccan, as is he is well known to the police.
They followed him and watched as he looked inside cars and then eventually took something from his jacket and forced a car door open. When they approached him, he hid the object under a seat. It was a pair of pliers.
He was arrested and appeared in court the same day. The hearing was short. After ten minutes, the court released him.
It was established that he has notched up 25 offences, thirteen of them so far this year. His speciality is breaking into cars and stealing valuables.
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The Balearics have the highest crime rate in Spain, no wonder.
"The officers recognised the 22-year-old Moroccan, as is he is well known to the police." It must be very frustrating to be a police officer in Spain. You well know a criminal, you arrest him multiple times and the courts led him walk on each occasion. And he's not even Spanish so he could be deported. Only when he attempts theft from a judge's car or home will action be taken against him. Meanwhile we all need to be aware that there's a thief on the loose and seemingly untouchable.
Why on Earth do the police even bother? They arrest and the courts release. The law is far too lenient. It is laughable, especially for the crims who must think it’s a bonanza every day!
Deport him.