ASdTorrevieja Information - tourist guide: 39 boys arrested for its membership of a violent gang 

39 boys arrested for its membership of a violent gang
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A. Michael on 27 January, 2010 12:41:00

The Guardia Civil has arrested 39 people belonging to a violent gang of
youngsters called BLOOD.

They were young boys aged between 14 and 25, and do not hesitated to use
violence in order to show they were the dominant gang in the area.
First investigations and arrests were carried out in Torrevieja.
The Guardia Civil, during the so-called CARPETAZO operation, has arrested in the
provinces of Madrid, Valencia and Alicante a total of thirty-nine people of
Colombian, Cuban, Chilean, Ecuadorean, Ukrainian, Rumanian, American and
Moroccan nationality, pertaining to a violent gang of youngsters accused of
alleged crimes of conspiracy,  drug trafficking, injuries, burglary, threat and
illegal possession of arms.
During the inspections practised, weapons, several amounts of drugs,
adulteration, manipulation and crop tools, apart from many documents belonging
to the gang.
They are young men aged between 14 and 25, who marked their territory by using
paintings and graffities and who do not hesitate to use violence in order to
show they were the dominant gang in the area. Furthermore, they controlled
retail drug traffic in several leisure places, and were related to different
burglaries and robberies.