11 Dec, 2019 @ 11:20
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300 legs of jamon nicked from back of truck while driver took a siesta on Spain’s Costa del Sol

hooks the jamon is hung on to dry

hooks the jamon is hung on to dry

MORE than 300 legs of jamon have been stolen from the back of a lorry while the driver took a nap on the Costa del Sol. 

The theft took place in the early hours of last Thursday at a service station on the Las Pedrizas motorway, in Malaga.

The driver had been heading towards provincial capital to deliver the huge haul to a large number of establishments ahead of the Christmas rush. 

He decided to take a nap near Venta Cotrina as he was set to arrive in Malaga at dawn, and would have to wait for the businesses to open.

However when he awoke at 5.45am, he noticed the truck had been completely cleared out.

The driver had been so sound asleep that he didn’t notice when a group of robbers forced open the back doors and removed more than 300 jamons.

With an average price of €140 each, the loot amounts to at least €42,000.

The panicked driver immediately called Policia Nacional, who have taken over the investigation.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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