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SANTIAGO.- Some 25 million pesos worth of prescription lenses and sunglasses were stolen by five assailants who broke into the Three Monkeys Eyewear store located on the corner of Avenida Vitacura and Los Abedules in the municipality of Vitacura. The suspects allegedly gained entrance to the store by using a “moon-landing” method that involves crashing a car into the front window pane of an establishment.
According to preliminary reports, the incident took place at 12:30 AM this morning when the perpetrators arrived at the store in a blue Nissan truck that had been reported stolen since Saturday from the municipality of Santiago and tried to lift the metallic curtain guard, which may not have had security padlocks since it closes electrically.
The suspects took glasses made by top-dollar brands such as Ray-Ban, Diesel, Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Dior, Versace and...
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SANTIAGO.- After a month of investigation, officers from the 20th Puente Alto Police Station have broken up a group of criminals dedicated to auto-theft in Santiago. The individuals had been stealing vehicles, chopping them and selling the parts on the street, 10 de Julio.
Law-enforcement officials uncovered two hidden body shops located in the Puente Alto communities of Río Elqui and Municpal.
48 year-old Raúl Silva González was arrested during the raid, along with his son, 27 year-old Raúl Silva Santader, and 55 year-old Alejandro Orellana Salinas, who had been hired to dismantle the vehicles. Orellana Salinas has been summoned to the Penal Court of Puente Alto.
During the bust, police also seized a homemade shotgun, four Nissan V-16 vehicles and at least 10 other automobiles that had been completely taken apart. An appraisal...
Millions of pesos in losses following break-in at exclusive optics retailer