2023-08-29 19:04:43
On the 27th, several cyclists who participate in The Tour of Spain 2023 suffered punctures 100 kilometers from the end of the Mataró-Barcelona stage, the second of this year’s cycling event, due to the presence of sharp objects, in what is supposed to be an act of sabotage against the cycling event.
This Tuesday, another alleged sabotage was learned that they intended to carry out on Monday in front of the runners, according to what the Police have made public through their account on X (formerly Twitter).
The police explained that there were “two drums with 400 liters of liquid that they intended to throw on the road as the platoon passed by” and that there are “four people arrested red-handed in #Lleida”.
With this mechanism they intended to sabotage yesterday’s stage of #LaVuelta23
????????Two drums with 400 liters of liquid that they intended to throw on the road as the squad passed by
????????Four people arrested red-handed in #Lleida pic.twitter.com/pzEZpILBZ6
– National Police (@police) August 29, 2023
The four arrested for wanting to boycott the Cycling Tour as it passes through the Solsonès region (Lleida), and who were released on Monday with charges, were surprised by the National Police when they tried to spill on the road 400 liters of a liquid similar to motor oil.
As reported by the National Police on Tuesday, the four arrested were surprised when they tried to activate a mechanism to be able to pour this liquid on the road as the peloton passed during the stage that took place between the towns of Súria (Bages, Barcelona) and Arinsal (Andorra). ).
Specifically, the agents surprised the detainees in a wooded area of Solsonès when they were about to activate this mechanism, consisting of a activation device with a solenoid valve and a timer, which was hidden among the vegetation.
Similar to motor oil
This device would have allowed spill the contents of two drums, each with a capacity of 200 liters of this liquid similar to motor oil.
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In addition, they had allegedly placed a hose that was going to pour the liquid and that it extended in a hidden way to the road where the peloton of the 2023 Cycling Tour had to pass.
The case, which is under secret, is open for the crimes of belonging to a criminal group, public disorder, against road safety and against the environment.
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