He was arrested on Tuesday at a property in Inca where he has been squatting with his mother and brother. Moroccan, he is understood to be a drug addict with a police record for robbery.
The robberies he is accused of were mainly over the festive period in Inca, Consell, Costitx and Santa Maria. Four of the robberies were on Christmas Eve and four more were on New Year's Eve. On one occasion, at a house in Consell, he was surprised by a 100-year-old woman. He threatened her before leaving with valuables.
The Guardia Civil established that he was operating alone. When he was arrested, a search uncovered over forty watches and 35 phones among other items. Some of these have already been returned to their rightful owners.
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Do Moroccans have some sort of special access or fast track into Spain. Is it to do with fishing rights or something similar. Whatever the situation the number on the island has exploded in the last 20+ . We now see areas of some inland towns that are predominately North African along with the attendant mosques. Integration does not seem to be a high priority in local government. All this may be fine with the consent of the local population, however in my local town that is not the case. The pressure on local services, especially health ( pediatrics), education and housing is substantial with little apparent positive social benefit in return. A situation, very familiar in northern europe has now arrived here.
He's a bad lot and should be kicked off the island. Trouble is that's no real punishment since he's already spent the cash that he's stolen and on top he gets a free passage home. It's all part of the occupation's risk/reward. I would confiscate and cancel his passport preventing him from travelling. Also alert his home country's law enforcers to his crimes. No country wants him and it's best all round if he doesn't leave Morocco. Make him Morocco's problem, not ours.