9.000 identified, 8 arrested and 54 under investigation on 1 May following the services intensified by the State Police in the railway sector
9.000 identified, 8 arrested and 54 investigated yesterday, 1 ° May, following the checks carried out by the Railway Police in the stations, also with the help of dog-lovers.
15 unaccompanied minors traced and entrusted to families or communities; 6 foreign nationals caught in an irregular position and 41 high penalties for railway safety.
3 the arrested in particular in Central Milan: two Gambians for detention and drug dealing and an Algerian for aggravated theft. The man had been noticed wandering around and standing near the baggage of several passengers. Observed at a distance by Polfer personnel in civilian clothes, he was intercepted near the subway while, with a lightning move, he opened the backpack of an Asian tourist removing his wallet.
In Messina, two Italians were arrested, a man and a homeless woman of 44 and 51 years, both of whom were affected, and were caught breaking the glass of parked carriages. In the circumstance the operators, alerted by railway personnel who had heard some noises, took to the spot, finding the windows broken and surprising the two who immediately fled. Once reached, they were found in possession of glass breakers, probably used previously to damage carriages; the two were arrested despite opposing resistance.
In Genoa Brignole following the intervention of the bomb squad for the discovery of a suspect package inside a bathroom on board a train, more than half a kilo of cocaine was found and seized.