Milano, I hug you and rob you: 3 suspects would be part of a gang of watch thieves

Milano, the State Police investigated two Peruvian citizens, aged 42 and 46, and a 44-year-old Bolivian citizen, all with specific precedents for similar crimes and always committed with "The embrace technique".

The agents of the investigative team of the Central Commissariat, following a detailed investigation, have identified and investigated in a state of freedom the three thieves responsible for the theft of two Rolex watches, with a total value of over 20.000 euros, against two Italian citizens carried out in November 2019 near a nightclub in the center of Milano.

The two Peruvian citizens had followed the two victims out of the club as they were intent on recovering the car to return home and, after some sexual advances, they took the watch off their wrists and then joined their accomplice who was waiting for them not far away in the car. During the escape, one of the two thieves lost his cell phone which was later found by the Central Police Station police who intervened on the spot.

Following analysis, investigators traced the identity of the gang specialized in thefts using the hug technique.