Undercover officers of the Guardia Civil's UCO unit have arrested 19 people, 18 Moroccans and a Spaniard, in connection with 150 robberies carried out on AP-7 toll road as it passes through the Valencia Region.
The 19 detainees are also being questioned about the theft of luxury cars from dealers' forecourts.
A police spokesman said the operation against the gang began in November 2008 after the recovery of a stolen car in which police found the fingerprint of one of the gang.
The gang's preferred method of operation was to puncture car tyres then when their victims stopped to put on the spare the robbers would pounce and steal their valuables.
Most of the victims were expats either returning to their homes in Spain or travelling over for a holiday.
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