A man and a woman were captured when they were preparing to carry out a robbery on two citizens who were walking through the streets of Santa Marta. With a gun in hand, the alleged thief was trying to rob a couple of their belongings; However, things did not go as he expected.
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In the middle of the attempted robbery, the victim, who is a police patrol car who was dressed in civilian clothes, managed to neutralize the criminal and strip him of the weapon with which he intended to commit the act.
It is worth noting that the uniformed man was in the company of his wife, who is pregnant.
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The incident was recorded on security cameras and occurred in the Villa Marbella neighborhood, in the capital of Magdalena. In the images you can see how the policeman struggled with the thief, while the two women watched the moment anxiously.
He Lieutenant Colonel Agustín FlórezOperational Commander of the Santa Marta Police, highlighted the action of the uniformed man, who put his life in danger to avoid being a victim of robbery, but also handed him over to the criminal surveillance patrol.
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The captured registers 6 judicial notes for the crimes of theft, manufacture, trafficking and possession of a firearm.
In these events, the authorities seized a 32 caliber revolver-type firearm.
