Railway Police: 6 arrested, over 18.000 the identified, of which 93 investigated
6 arrested, 18.069 controlled persons, of which 93 investigated: this is the balance of the checks carried out at the weekend by the Railway Police. 2.022 station patrols and 438 on board the train; 926 escorted railway trains. 133 anti-labor services in civilian clothes to counter theft against travelers.
In particular, a 35-year-old Serbian citizen was arrested by the Trieste Railway Police for resistance, violence, threat and alarm. Operators alerted by the operations room of the presence of a man aboard a Regional Fast Train leaving for Venice, obviously drunk, who boasted of being in possession of a gun, managed to block it and seize the weapon, a perfect imitation. , "softair" model of a gun, among other things without a red cap. Having gotten out of the convoy, the stranger began to threaten the Agents with death, trying to hit them with kicks and punches. A temporary removal order from the railway station was also issued against the arrested person.
A drug courier is arrested in Mestre. A young girl of Nigerian nationality was blocked and controlled by the Operators because of her suspicious attitude. She kept heroin-containing eggs among her 11 garments.
Following a careful investigation by the Milan Polfer, a Tunisian citizen of 40 years, arrested on the national territory, was arrested because he was recognized as the author of 7 episodes of theft, all committed in the railway sector between the months of October 2018 and May 2019 . At the disposal of the Judicial Authority, the Railway Police traced the man inside an apartment in Milan. The Tunisian at the sight of the Operators barricaded himself in the house, forcing them to intervene with the fire brigade who with a ladder tried to enter through the window. At that point the stranger attempted to escape by jumping from one terrace to another, but the prompt pursuit of the Agents made it possible to block him and associate him with the Milan prison.
A young man from 20, a resident of Lombardy, was arrested by the La Spezia Polfer for having robbed a taxi driver with a knife after running. The man at the pay point pointed the weapon at the side of the driver, having his wallet delivered and then left the car and escaped to the station underpass. After the first moment of fear, the taxi driver set off in pursuit
with a colleague of the criminal, calling in the meantime the 113. The operators of the railway police intervened, they traced and blocked the author inside the underground parking of the station still with the used knife and the stolen goods in his pocket.
A foreign citizen has been sued by the Polfer of Genoa for fraudulent use of credit cards. The same, identified thanks to an accurate investigation, was identified as the author of the theft of some credit cards then subsequently used fraudulently. The operators were able to block the man inside a Genoese tobacco shop where he had carried out operations for 2 with a credit card stolen from a traveler on a Eurocity Thello train bound for France.
An Italian 24-year-old was arrested by the Polfer di Orte, in execution of a precautionary custody order for house arrest, issued by the Court of Rieti, as he was seriously suspected of attacking transport safety. It all started last April when a Chiusi-Rome regional train violently hit an iron bar weighing about 20 kg, placed voluntarily on the tracks, risking to derail. Thanks to the extrapolation of the video surveillance frames, Polfer was able to concentrate his investigations on a man who was walking near the place where the obstacle had been placed. Following a thorough investigation, the Operators managed to name the bomber and arrest him. In Rome staff of the Judicial Police Team denounced four Italian boys, including three minors, intent on smearing some railway cars that were parked at the Roma Ostiense railway station. 26 spray paint cans and 20 spray nozzles for painting were confiscated for young people.
In Naples, a non-EU citizen of Gambian nationality, an aspiring reggae singer, was arrested while passing off drugs in the central station's facilities. Promptly blocked, he was found in possession of numerous doses of marijuana, while the purchaser was reported to the Prefecture as an addict of drugs.
Among the happy ending episodes, a sixteen-year-old boy was tracked down at the Naples station, aboard a fast train, after escaping from his home to join his maternal grandparents residing in Lombardy. While, following a report, Polfer tracked down a 59-year-old mother, who had committed suicide before leaving home. The son residing in Sardinia for work, contacted the Naples Operations Center by phone for help. The patrol soon traced the woman in a state of confusion inside the railway yard and after reassuring her they gave her back to her family.
In the Foggia railway station a forty-five-year-old resident in the province of Bari was traced, in an evident confusion. The man had been away from his family for about 10 days and had wandered aimlessly, without money and without having any idea where he was headed. Thanks to the intervention of the Operators the same was able to re-embrace their loved ones.
22 foreigners traced in an irregular position; 108 high penalties; 16 unaccompanied minors tracked down by the Specialty staff and returned to families or placed in the community.