The Montevideo police cleared a number of Robbery from cars An attack occurred in the Parque Batlle area in which several members of the gang were arrested.
The organization stole the vehicles, forged their documents and sold them.
According to the Interior Ministry, each of the detainees had a specific role in the group.
The investigation began in January with the arrest of two criminals when they tried to steal a car parked in Capitán Videla and General Espartero.
At that time, the judiciary released the suspects, but the investigation continued and led to five raids, four arrests, the seizure of vehicle parts and license plates, documents, a weapon and drugs.
Two of the 23-year-old prisoners were charged and the other two, an 18-year-old young man and a 69-year-old man, received final sentences, one of them for the offenses of theft and conspiracy offences, carrying weapons and supplying drugs. sentenced to a prison sentence of two years and three months. The other, meanwhile, was sentenced to two years in prison for drug trafficking. Two more members of the car theft gang are wanted.