Andorra Police Arrest Thieves, Drug Offenders, and Drunk Drivers in Weekend Crackdown

Andorra police arrested a 36-year-old non-resident man Saturday evening in Andorra la Vella for multiple thefts from shops on the central commercial axis, recovering stolen luxury goods valued at around €1,800.

The arrest followed a security alert from one store, leading officers to a suspect in a nearby outdoor car park. They found a pair of stolen sunglasses on him and four more discarded under a parked vehicle. A search of his car revealed luxury clothing, accessories, a perfume, two lined bags typically used by thieves, rolls of aluminum foil, and pliers. All items still had alarms and tags from four different central parish stores. The man appeared to be working with an unidentified accomplice who fled when police arrived. He was brought before a judge Sunday afternoon.

In public health offenses, officers late Friday night in Sant Julià de Lòria stopped a 30-year-old man with two packets totaling 2.32 grams of cocaine. Initially cooperative, he became violent, disobeyed orders, resisted arrest, kicked an officer—causing injury—and repeatedly struck the patrol car's partition with his hands and feet. He faces charges for drug possession and assaulting public authority.

Saturday afternoon at the Riu Runer border crossing, police detained a 36-year-old tourist entering Andorra with 0.49 grams of cocaine and 10 grams of marijuana.

Three drivers were also arrested for alcohol impairment over the weekend. Friday night, a 52-year-old man drove off the right shoulder of the CG3 in Serrat into a ditch, causing property damage; breath tests showed 1.53 grams per liter of blood. Early Saturday, a 30-year-old struggling on snowy roads tested at 1.85 grams per liter. That evening on the CG2 in Canillo, a 24-year-old heading uphill lost control, hit two parked vehicles, and registered 1.87 grams per liter.