Three armed criminals were arrested this Tuesday following trying to escape through the roofs of the houses adjoining a textile factory in the Buenos Aires town of Lomas del Mirador, which they entered and from where they stole cash and cell phones, following handcuffing them with seals. five employees, police sources reported.
The event occurred this followingnoon in a factory located at 3600 Cerrito Street, in that town in the La Matanza district, in the west of Greater Buenos Aires.
Police spokesmen informed Télam that three armed assailants broke into the place and reduced five employees, whom they tied up with seals.
The thieves stole cash and cell phones and, just as they were leaving the factory, officers from the West 4th police station arrived. of Lomas del Mirador, alerted to the assault.
As a result, the criminals escaped through the roofs of the houses adjoining the factory, but were finally apprehended following a few meters.
In the possession of the assailants, the uniformed officers seized a .380 caliber Bersa Thunder pistol with a charger and six ammunition; another 9 mm caliber Browning brand with the numbering suppressed and a charger; and the remaining Jericho brand, with charger and six ammunition, and request for active kidnapping for having been stolen.
Likewise, the agents seized three cell phones, cash and backpacks, police sources reported.
The thieves, aged 30, 32 and 43, were placed at the disposal of the prosecutor José Luis Maroto, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 13 of the Judicial Department of La Matanza,