Arrested for berthing a hotel with a 'Star Wars' mask

A 41-year-old English citizen has been arrested by the Civil Guard in Mijas as alleged suspect of the robbery of a hotel in this town in Malaga, where he carried a firearm and concealed his face with an Imperial soldier mask from La Guerra de the galaxies. The incident occurred at the end of August, when an individual agreed to a hotel reception in Mijas Pueblo, intimidated with a short gun the only employee who at that time was working, seized 1,500 euros in cash and fled the place, reported yesterday the Civil Guard in a statement.

In the operation, called Vader 2017, agents reconstructed the facts and learned that, two hours before the robbery, the same individual, dressed in a false vest with the inscription Interpol and carrying the same firearm, attempted to perpetrate another robbery with violence and intimidation in a holiday home of the same locality.

The individual could not commit the robbery because the residents prevented access to housing through the door, so he gave up his action and fled the place to not be recognized. After studying images and videos, the agents managed to identify and arrest the alleged perpetrator, who turned out to be an old acquaintance of the civil guards, since years ago he had been investigated for his alleged involvement in several vehicle fires in the area .

In the house register of the detainee was located the short weapon used in the facts, which was loaded and ready to make fire, the false vest of Interpol and the clothing used on the day of the events. The detainee, accused of a robbery and other robbery robbery with attempted violence and intimidation, has entered prison without bail by order of the judicial authority.