Video: A thief committed a robbery at Villa Gesell and fled into the sea to escape the police

Extraordinary Escape attempt This happened in the last hours in the city Villa Gesell, where a thief Went to the sea despite the low temperature to escape from the police who were chasing him for committing a crime a theft in the city area.

According to local media, the incident took place just before 2pm this Monday, when the perpetrator entered a clothing store. Located at the corner of Avenida 3 and Paseo 105 Under the pretense of wanting to try out some sneakers.

This was acting: When the sellers approached him, the suspect immediately ran away He pulled out the gun, He threatened the employee and fled the premises with his bag full of clothes. Soon after, Ran away. He took both the stolen items and the clothes he was wearing at the scene.

The victims immediately reported the attack to the police. As a result, the authorities began searching for the man Municipal Monitoring Center Until they managed to identify and locate him. According to the images, they discovered that the thief was hiding next to another business located on Avenue 2 and Paseo 104, where he changed his clothes so as not to be recognized.

The clothes he wore during the robbery were dumped in the same place, as well as the gun he used to commit the crime. Then, and without knowing that police officers were searching him, he began to go inside direction of the coast.

Informed about the route taken by the offender Mauricio Anderson, the municipality’s security secretarywho was in the downtown area and became aware of what happened, requested information. Then himself He drove toward the beach where the suspect was.

After a few minutes, and his feet were already on the sand, the desired person realized Police presence In the area: a patrol arrived and additional intervention of resources from the commune’s security secretariat was added.

Finding themselves cornered, the criminals tried to escape agents to avoid capture by making tough decisions: in the context of very low temperatures and rough seas, He got into the water and went as far in as he could.

The sequence was recorded in a video taken by municipal security cameras, in whose images you can see the moment in which the police car gets as close as possible to the suspect and he runs into the sea so that the officers can see They can’t reach him.

The filming shows the beginning and end of the episode, when the thief finally gives up his intention to flee and surrenders to the authorities who were waiting for him on the shore. However, according to local media, the man remained in the sea 25 and 30 minutes.

Although it did not reach great depths, it went a few meters to a spot where the force with which the waves broke meant some danger.

The video, which later went viral on social networks, shows the moment in which the agents handcuff the criminal and make him walk on the sand to a place where the patrol car was parked a few meters from the shore.

In this sense, police sources in the city reported that the man – whose identity was not revealed – was arrested for committing the crime of robbery at a textile business in the city and, as a result, he was transferred to the Villa Gesell I Police Station.