Woman 'stole €2,000 worth of surgical tools' from Costa del Sol hospital
Woman 'stole €2,000 worth of surgical tools' from Costa del Sol hospital
AWOMAN who stole €2,000 worth of surgical implements from Málaga's Costa del Sol hospital has been arrested, along with another man who is charged with handling the goods.
National Police say the accused, 48, who lives in Marbella, managed to pinch a metal container on New Year's Day from a store cupboard.
It contained 28 small items of surgical equipment, including scissors, clamps and scalpels.
Staff do not know how she managed to acquire it, but say the tool sterilisation team noticed it was missing and reported it.
Police inquiries led to the woman's home in Marbella, which was searched.
A man aged 39, known to the thief, was charged with handling stolen goods after a raid on his property in the same town uncovered the container with all the surgical implements intact, along with an electric skateboard worth €1,300 which had been stolen in a Marbella street during the split second when its owner had taken his eye off it.
