11 people arrested. Seized weapons, ammunition and drugs. Stolen cars, adulterated food, irregular masks, pyrotechnic devices and non-compliant electronic devices, underwear for unsafe babies and an illegal fuel distributor were also found
Further "High Impact" anti-crime operation in the province of Foggia, following the directives given by the Minister of the Interior Luciana LAMORGESE on the occasion of the provincial committee of public order and safety last January 17th. Today and in the days immediately preceding, about 150 law enforcement officers belonging to the State Police, the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza, searched the territory by carrying out searches, inspections, roundups, checkpoints and checks to commercial establishments.
An articulated prevention device was implemented, made particularly effective and visible, thanks to the use of numerous special departments and the use of anti-drug and anti-explosive dog units, helicopter crews, operators specializing in scientific investigations and departments specialized in controls. on the road and in rural areas.
Following the pressure exerted on criminal associations, 11 people were arrested during the operation, including two extortionists and two usurers, and consistent discoveries and seizures of weapons, ammunition, drugs and numerous counterfeit or non-compliant products were carried out. with current regulatory provisions. A concrete answer to the demand for security emanating from local communities and economic operators harassed by crime.
In the city of Foggia, personnel from the Flying Squad arrested four people, including a 41-year-old offender who has to serve 3 years and 8 months in prison for crimes of extortion and usury. On the same charge of usury, the policemen also arrested a 51-year-old man who must atone for 9 months in prison. Finally, the men of the Flying Squad also arrested a 30-year-old young man who must atone for 2 years and 9 months of imprisonment for violating the law on drugs, as well as a 51-year-old man who must atone for 5 months of imprisonment, for crimes against the heritage.
In the same operational context, the State Police found and seized 3 cars from the theft, 15 electronic control units for motor vehicles, 2 frequency jammers and 36 bullets for a 22 caliber pistol. Also in the capital, staff of the Crime Prevention Department of the State Police arrested a 48-year-old offender who, during the night, after forcing the entry of a sports club, took possession of the money contained in a drinks machine.
In the center of San Severo, the men of the State Police of the local police station arrested a 34-year-old drug dealer in execution of an order to replace the measure of house arrest with the more serious one of prison detention.
In the Alto Tavoliere area, in the Municipality of San Nicandro Garganico, in the protected area of the Gargano National Park, the Carabinieri Forestali, during an anti-poaching service, arrested a 72-year-old man who was illegally exercising the activity hunting with a stealth hunting rifle, which was seized together with 81 ammunition. In the subsequent house search, another 5 hunting rifles, n. 2 7,65 caliber pistols and additional 622 ammunition.
In the same town of San Nicandro Garganico, the Carabinieri of the Compagnia di San Severo and the men of the "Puglia" Hunting Squadron, arrested a thirty-year-old who, in order to facilitate the escape of a person who had been subjected to control by the military, he hurled himself against them, attacking them.
Also in the Alto Tavoliere area, during a service against the adulteration of food, personnel from the Tenenza of the Guardia di Finanza of Torre Fantine seized 26 kg of fish products in Lesina, in poor state of conservation not suitable for consumption. food, denouncing the owner of the sale. In the same operational context, the Lieutenancy of the Guardia di Finanza of Lucera found and seized 5.052 pyrotechnic devices that do not comply with current regulations, held for sale without a license, with consequent complaint from the owner of the commercial resale. The same Department also proceeded to the administrative seizure n. 430 individual protection masks, not compliant with safety regulations. A similar seizure of another 680 personal protective equipment was carried out by the soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of the Compagnia di Foggia, who also found and seized n. 430 items of underwear for unsafe babies.
On the Gargano, in the town of Peschici, the Compagnia dei Carabinieri of Vico del Gargano arrested a 27-year-old man in flagrant crime for extortion to the detriment of a local gastronomic economic operator, threatening him with death and setting him on fire. business, for the purpose of not paying the bill for their drinks and also asking them to pay a sum of money. The man was promptly blocked by the Carabinieri against whom he exercised resistance and violence.
On the promenade of San Menaio di Vico del Gargano, the Carabinieri of the local Company arrested a 25-year-old man who, aboard his motorcycle ape, held various casings containing narcotic substances such as "cocaine" and “hashish”, already packaged and ready for subsequent sale. On the occasion, the man was also seized a sum of money and a knife soaked in narcotic substance, used for packaging the doses.
In the Five Royal Sites, exactly in Orta Nova, the Compagnia dei Carabinieri of Foggia has executed the order of aggravation of the precautionary measure of house arrest with that of custody in prison of a 29-year-old man.
The soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of the Companies of Manfredonia and San Severo identified and sanctioned, respectively, 7 subjects who illegally enjoyed access to pay-TV platforms and seized 600 electronic devices, which do not comply with European legislation.
In the Cerignola area, the local Compagnia della Guardia di Finanza, as part of the activities of specific competence, found and seized an illegal fuel distributor, equipped to supply diesel for contraband agricultural use. On the occasion, 980 liters of product of illicit origin were seized and a man was reported. Also in Cerignola, the financiers have seized, inside a box, dozens of identification marks relating to accessories of well-known car manufacturers that have been counterfeited or illegally reproduced. During the searches, the territorial soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza were assisted by the specialized departments of the GICO
It should be noted that the position of the arrested persons is being examined by the Judicial Authority and that they cannot be considered guilty until a final sentence is pronounced.