Cozumel, Q.R. — Municipal Police in Cozumel were able to return approximately 18,000 pesos in stolen dive equipment to its rightful owner. The stolen equipment was located after the woman who took it tried to pawn it at an island shop.
The owner of the shop in the southern portion of the island alerted police that a woman was there attempting to pawn the equipment. At the pawn shop, she was trying to sell complete regulators and a diving watch.
Municipal officers arrived and proceeded to arrest her. According to Cozumel Police, the woman “looted” the equipment from a vehicle and was attempting to get rid of it when a citizen report was made.
After her arrest, she provided police with the location of the rest of the stolen equipment including his identification, personal documents and licenses. It was found laying in undergrowth after being recently taken from the inside of a private vehicle.
Officers gathered the dive gear and notified the owner who came to claim his stolen equipment.
In a statement, Cozumel Police reported that “elements of the Public Security Department, with the help of a citizen report, managed to locate a woman accused of having looted a vehicle from which she extracted three complete regulators with a pressure gauge and a diving watch.
“When the woman was questioned, she gave the location of the rest of the equipment. Agents managed to recover part of this equipment that was lying in the undergrowth. All of this was gathered and taken to the Public Security facilities. They also informed the owner of this discovery.
Photo: Cozumel Police July 27, 2024.
“After checking the property and recovering his items, the citizen thanked the elements for recovering his equipment, which he confirmed had an approximate value of 18,000 pesos. He also recovered his sea book and personal documents, licenses, among others.”
The woman accused of “looting” the vehicle has not been identified.
