Sorin Dudea, a Romanian citizen, of 47 year old, pointed out as the leader of the “copper gang”, was condemned in legal cumulus to 8 years in prison, for the practice of four theft crimes, three qualified and one simple.
The decision of the judges of the Beja Court was issued on Friday, having also deciding that the defendant will remain in pre -trial detention at the prison establishment of Beja.
The other four defendants of the group, All of Romanian nationality and in the escape to Portuguese justice, three were sentenced to effective prison sentences and the fourth, for lack of judicial notification, will be tried in an autonomous process.
Bogdan Dudea, of 41 year old, and wings dinu, of 35 year old, were both sentenced to five years in prison, for the practice of a qualified theft crime and a simple, while Angel Sabin, of 37 year old, saw the penalty of four years in prison applied to him, for a crime of qualified theft.
The gang settled in Ferreira do Alentejo and during the first semester of 2024 stole hundreds of meters copper cable, that with the sale to a receiver, generated an illicit enrichment of 403.822,47 euros.
The investigation was in charge of military personnel from the Criminal Investigation Center (NIC) GNR Aljustrel, And the group's activity began to be identified when one of the thefts was left a tool to buy tools used to cut cables. Then the vehicle of the main suspect would be caught in the video surveillance images of one of the solar centers. The final blow to the arrest of Sorin Dudea, occurred when he lost a multibanco card at the theft site.
When the NIC military operation, Levada out no day 3 June last year, They were seized 2.800 kilograms of copper, 840 euros in cash, resulting from the sale of illegally appropriate material, four gel batteries, two vehicles, cutting and mobile phone scissors.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
