Madrid police busted a criminal ring by arresting nine Bulgarians over car thefts end-February, the foreign ministry in Sofia said. The detainees have allegedly specialized in stealing luxury cars and posh villas burglaries.
According to Spanish media, the nine are aged between the 25 and 36. One of them is a woman.
According to the ministry in Sofia, there is no connection between the car stealing gang and the killing of the two Bulgarians with false Slovak passports in Madrid on February 26.
So far Spain has not informed Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry whether both the killed men and the nine arrestees were illegally staying.