Every time, they abandoned the attempt and fled.
Three suspects aged 25-32 from Avilés and Corvera were caught after a nighttime alarm triggered a pursuit that ended on the A-8 highway near Piedras Blancas. The group targeted cash registers using coordinated tactics: masked entry with license plates covered, forced doors, lookouts, and coordinated roles across multiple incidents.
- Three men aged 25-32 from Avilés and Corvera arrested November 1st
- One completed warehouse robbery in Noreña, four attempted robberies at same Siero bar
- High-speed chase ended near Piedras Blancas on A-8 highway
- Coordinated tactics: covered license plates, masked faces, forced entry, lookouts, cash register targets
Guardia Civil arrested three men for one completed warehouse robbery and four attempted robberies at a hostel in Siero, Asturias, following a high-speed chase on November 1st.
On the morning of November 1st, an alarm company notified the Guardia Civil that someone had forced their way into a well-known bar in Siero, a municipality in Asturias. A patrol from the Noreña station responded immediately. On the way to the scene, officers spotted a dark-colored SEAT León moving fast with its headlights off. They recognized the car—it had been linked to property crimes before. When they signaled the driver to stop, he ignored them and began weaving through traffic, eventually reaching the A-64 highway heading toward Avilés and Gijón, then continuing onto the A-8. Officers from Piedras Blancas and the traffic division finally intercepted the vehicle near Avilés. Inside were three men, ages 25 to 32, residents of Avilés and Corvera de Asturias.
What emerged during the investigation was a pattern of coordinated theft spanning weeks. The Guardia Civil's judicial police unit in Langreo had been tracking this group since October 11th, when they successfully broke into a warehouse in Noreña. But the real focus of their operation was the same bar in Siero, which they had attempted to rob four separate times. Each attempt followed an identical script: they arrived in the early morning hours in vehicles with covered license plates, usually three or four men working in concert. One stayed outside as a lookout. Another forced open the door with a crowbar. The remaining two or three moved inside, their faces hidden, wearing gloves, searching for the cash register. Every time, the bar's active security system triggered, and every time, they abandoned the attempt and fled.
The investigators pieced together the operation by analyzing evidence from each scene—surveillance footage, physical traces, vehicle records, and witness accounts. They established which cars the group used, who owned them, who drove them regularly, and confirmed the men's presence near the crime locations. The consistency of their methods was striking: the same tools, the same roles, the same target, the same time of night, the same response to security measures.
By the time the three men were brought before a judge on Monday morning, the charges had accumulated. They faced one count of completed robbery with force at the warehouse in Noreña, four counts of attempted robbery with force at the Siero bar, five counts of property damage, one count of reckless driving, one count of disobeying a police officer, and one count of membership in a criminal organization. The active security measures installed at the bar had prevented any actual loss of money during the four attempted robberies—the system worked exactly as designed, forcing the men to cut their losses and run each time. But the pattern itself, the coordination, the repetition, and the deliberate targeting of the same location four times over told a story of organized, methodical theft. The investigation had caught them mid-operation, and now the courts would decide what came next.
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The active security measures installed at the bar prevented any actual loss of money during the four attempted robberies.— Guardia Civil investigation findings
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why did they keep coming back to the same bar after it failed the first time?
Because they were methodical. They'd identified a target with cash on hand and weak enough entry points. Each failure taught them something—maybe about timing, maybe about which door was easier. They weren't desperate amateurs. They were testing.
The security system stopped them every time. So why keep trying?
That's the question, isn't it. Either they didn't understand the system, or they believed they could overcome it eventually. Or maybe they were running out of options and kept returning to what they knew.
What does the covered license plate tell you?
Premeditation. They weren't improvising. They came prepared to avoid identification, which means they expected to be seen, expected to be chased. This wasn't a crime of opportunity.
The high-speed chase—was that reckless or calculated?
Probably both. Once they saw the patrol, they had seconds to decide. Running meant they'd already committed to the crime. Stopping meant arrest. They chose the road.
Four attempts at the same place. That's almost stubborn.
Or desperate. If you're part of a criminal group with quotas, with people depending on you, you don't walk away from a target just because the alarm went off. You come back. You try again. You keep trying until something breaks—either the security or you.