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Thanks to the collaboration of the citizens and the quick action of the agents, the objects that had been stolen by this person of Belgian nationality were taken back, who took advantage of the scarce affluence of the faithful who were in those moments in the vicinity to enter the temple.

The Councilor for Public Safety of the City of Lorca, Bethlehem Perez, reported this morning that, within the security prevention operations carried out by different units of the Local Police Corps, UPROLC and UPROL units agents proceeded to the arrest of a person in the urban center of the city for allegedly taking a robbery.

Belén Pérez explained that "the events took place on Wednesday, August 15, when the agents who provided service within the traffic and security device made for the procession in honor of the Virgen del Cisne were alerted that a male had introduced in the Church of San Mateo. Taking advantage of the fact that the doors were open and before the scarce affluence of people in the vicinity, since they were accompanying the Virgin in retinue, this person had stolen from the altar several objects which he had hidden among the clothes "

The Councilor for Public Safety added that "quickly the agents moved to the place proceeding to the interception of this person, locating among a coat that carried, unusual for this time of year, various religious objects including the chalice and The paten, used for the delivery of the loaves, destined for the consecration of wine and bread according to the Catholic rite In this sense, it is worth noting that the detainee opposed a great resistance to the agents, causing even damage of different consideration to the vehicle patrol".

Perez stressed that "thanks to citizen collaboration and rapid action by the local police officers of Lorca were able to recover the stolen items and proceed to the arrest of a person of Belgian nationality, which has a long history criminal act committed in different parts of the Spanish geography. "

The Citizen Security Edil has wanted to put in value "the constant preventive and operative work developed by the Local Police of Lorca that allow agents to be on the ground and be able to act in an emergency or need quickly, because only then can they to respond to the needs of society, in the same way we must highlight the collaboration with the rest of the Security Forces that operate in the municipality to guarantee the welfare of citizens "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca