Ibiza backpack theft: two held over card payments
A backpack stolen in Eivissa, Ibiza, leads to unauthorised card payments in several shops. On Monday, Spain’s National Police arrest two men after finding the owner’s bank cards among their belongings.
Officers on a crime-prevention patrol had noticed the men carrying several bags of items. The men appeared evasive and nervous when they saw police, the force said. A search uncovered tools, smoking-related items and bank cards belonging to different people.
While officers checked the bags, a man approached them. He had just reported that his backpack had been stolen from a building entrance in the city. He said someone had since used his card to make payments. Officers found his cards among the items they had seized, and the two men could not give a plausible explanation for where the belongings came from.
Police then searched near hotels and apartments in the area and found two empty black backpacks. At the police station, the man identified both as his. The men were arrested on suspicion of a property offence.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com