THE Policia Nacional have arrested four people in Alicante after finding the body of a missing businessman which was buried under two metres of concrete.

The corpse- covered in plastic sheeting- was recovered on Tuesday in a property in the village of El Bacarot in the City of Alicante.

Fingerprint analysis on Wednesday confirmed that it was Jesus Tavira, 63, who owned a car dealership and was last seen on March 18.

BODY’S BURIAL SITE

A few days later his Audi Q5 was spotted on fire in the Virgen del Remedio district of Alicante.

The Las Provincias newspaper quoted police sources as saying that he was killed over a debt between €3,000 and €5,000.

His body was in an advanced state of composition and there was evidence of multiple stab wounds.

The four detainees aged between 35 and 45 years are said to have been involved in his disappearance and subsequent killing.

One of the quartet was a car mechanic of Algerian nationality who worked for Tavira and is regarded as the ‘main’ suspect.

ARREST EXECUTED

The El Bacarot property belonged to him while further arrests are not being ruled out.

The Policia Nacional from the start ruled out Tavira’s disappearance as being voluntary.

Inquiries focused on the mechanic who claimed to have seen Tavira leaving the business on the day of his disappearance, accompanied by two other people.

Officers discovered that was not true after carrying out extensive checks on his statement- leading to him becoming the prime suspect.
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FIVE members of a luxury watch robbery gang operating across Spain have been arrested at tourist apartments in the Calpe area of the Costa Blanca.

The Policia Nacional said the men aged between 19 and 33 years had records for similar crimes and were all Moroccan nationals.

All five have been placed into pre-trial custody after being charged with three violent robberies in Madrid, Benidorm, and Puerto Banus in Malaga province.

RECOVERED GOODS

The ABC newspaper reported that the crew operated in wealthy districts and tourist areas looking for victims with high-value watches.

Police in Madrid opened a probe on April 17 when a complaint was received over the theft of a luxury Richard Mille watch worth around €500,000.

The snatch happened in the doorway of the Ritz Hotel in the capital’s Retiro district.

When the victim arrived at the hotel, one of the gang ripped the watch from his wrist, while three of his henchmen kept guard, before they fled.

Investigators two days later heard about a similar robbery at Puerto Banus at around 4.30am on Avenida de Jose Banus.

The thieves though only walked away with a fake Rolex.

On April 22, another watch snatch took place on the street in Benidorm- on Avenida de Filipinas.

A passer-by was punched and a Rolex worth nearly €13,000 was stolen.

Detectives managed to also link the suspects with a theft Iast December of an €80,000 watch on a road in Madrid’s Centro district.

Officers discovered the thieves were staying in holiday apartments in Calpe where they were probably planning their next robbery.

Besides the arrests, two high-end Rolex watches were recovered along with a fake.

One of the expensive timepieces has already been returned to its owner.
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