This footage was filmed and produced 13 March 2024.

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The National Police have dismantled a criminal group allegedly dedicated to committing burglaries in luxury residential areas, particularly targeting footballers' homes.

The group's 6 members have been arrested, with 3 of them being remanded in custody after appearing before the court.

They are believed to be responsible for 8 burglaries in homes since July 2022 in the towns of Alcobendas, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Torrelodones, and Madrid.

The group used social media to select their targets, studying photographs and videos that the athletes' family and friends posted of the interiors of their homes.

Among those arrested are the two main perpetrators, three accomplices, and the receiver of the stolen goods.

Players such as Rodrygo Silva de Goes from Real Madrid and Radamel Falcao Garcia Zarate from Rayo Vallecano are said to have been victims of these burglaries.