Four arrested and two investigated for beer barrel theft

Four people have been arrested and another two are under investigation for the theft of 2,784 barrels of beer worth approximately €175,000, receiving stolen goods and receiving barrels of unknown origin.

The Guardia Civil began their investigation after a complaint by a beer company based in Playa Honda’s industrial zone. Security footage allowed agents to establish that workers at the company had loaded barrels into a van that had been parked in a container outside the premises.

They also traced barrels that had been stolen from two scrap metal companies in Arrecife and discovered that an employee of the beer company had sold them on.