Authorities early Tuesday busted a ring of Miami burglars they say used Instagram and high-tech surveillance to target wealthy marks, including New York Yankees star pitcher Aroldis Chapman.

The ringleader, police say, was Xandi Garcia, 30, who is currently jailed on a separate case — an allegation that he broke into the South Beach hotel room of the celebrity jeweler known as Eric The Jeweler, stealing a safe full of luxury bling, on the day of Super Bowl LIV.

© Getty NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Eric The Jeweler is seen on June 18, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/GC Images)

Investigators say Garcia’s crimes were actually much more extensive, and included at least nine other participants. Among those arrested Tuesday were Garcia’s girlfriend, Maybel Sanchez, an Instagram model, and his friend, Daniel Pacheco.

The ring is facing charges including racketeering, conspiracies and burglary. Garcia’s mother, Mirta Lora, is also accused of laundering money for the ring. As of Tuesday morning, eight of the 10 suspects had been arrested.

The investigation by Miami-Dade Police’s narcotics bureau started in 2018, when detectives arrested Garcia on allegations of running a clandestine marijuana growhouse. He later pleaded guilty and accepted probation, but the probe mushroomed.

Investigators say Garcia and his friends were burglarizing homes, first other growhouses, then homes containing high-end jewelry and cash. They’d often stalk the victims on Instagram and watch the homes for weeks, sometimes using GPS trackers to follow their victims, investigators say.

One of those targeted, police say, was Chapman, the Yankees relief pitcher who lives in Davie. How they came to target Chapman was unknown, but the burglary never wound up taking place; the ring is still charged with conspiring to commit the break-in.

© AP New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman throws against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning in Game 6 of baseball's American League Championship Series Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Among the evidence against the group: interior surveillance video, with audio, that depicts the burglars planning a break-in, then returning hours later with stolen merchandise. Miami-Dade police raided Garcia’s home in December, but he was not arrested for the burglaries at the time.

While he was under investigation earlier this month, detectives learned from an anonymous source that Garcia was at the famed Seybold jewelry marketplace building in Downtown Miami, trying to sell a custom-made ring.

The ring, investigators soon learned, had been stolen during Miami’s Super Bowl LIV from the hotel room of celebrity jeweler Eric Mavashev. The contents of the safe were valued at between $1.3 million and $1.7 million in jewelry, according to police.

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