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The thieves stole 17.5 tonnes of olives from trees near Madrid..
Thieves operating in Las Vegas, a rural area near Spain's capital Madrid, managed to steal 17.5 tonnes of olives from local farms before being busted, police said Friday as they confirmed 16 arrests...
"The Guardia Civil has arrested and investigated 21 people behind the theft of 17,500 kilogrammes of olives in the Las Vegas region," police said, indicating 16 had been arrested and five others investigated...
The investigation began in January when a farmer complained about the theft of 8,400 kilogrammes of olives from his land, with police making the link with other similar incidents in the area involving "significant quantities of olives"...
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