Watch: Second man arraigned over daring 2023 thefts from electronics shops

€180,000 worth of mobile phones were stolen from five shops

Updated.

A second man was taken to court on Sunday to face charges over a series of daring thefts in the summer of 2023 when some €180,000 worth of mobile phones were stolen.

At the time a gang forced open and burgled five electronics shops, emptying their shelves in a few minutes. Four men were believed to be involved.

Times of Malta had published CCTV video of some of the thefts. 

CCTV footage of some of the 2023 thefts.

A Romanian man was arraigned in January 2025 after having been extradited from Romania.

The second Romanian man, Iulian Dinca, 34, was extradited on Saturday and brought to Malta from Rome on the strength of a European Arrest Warrant. He appeared before Magistrate Charmaine Galea and was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty.

 

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