Railway Police: at the forefront against crime in Italian stations

23 arrested, 217 under investigation, 35.000 identified and almost 3 Kg astonishing seized the budget of the week of the State Police in the railway sector

23 arrested, 217 under investigation, 35.250 identified: this is the balance of checks in the last week of the Railway Police. 3.782 patrols engaged in the station and 1.000 on board the train, for a total of 2.076 escorted trains. 291 anti-pocketing services, 211 high fines and about 2,6 kg of drugs seized.

Donation campaignIn particular, at the Florence Santa Maria Novella station, a Gambian found in possession of 2,280 kg marijuana and 215,25 grams of hashish was arrested, while a Tunisian citizen was arrested at the Firenze Statuto station in order to hide inside of their sock of the material collected behind a flowerbed of the yard. From a subsequent Polfer check in that hiding place, three sticks of hashish were found for a total of 40 grams.

In Naples, near the station, an abusive parking attendant was arrested for attempted extortion against a motorist. The man, convicted, in the last two years has been denounced for well 71 times for non-compliance with the mandatory roadmap from the city of Naples.

Also in Naples, a 31-year-old Georgian was arrested, called "the mantis", who lured her victims to the station. He sat her down offering them a drink and then robbed them. Police officers following a thorough investigation have recognized the woman who had numerous precedents and proceeded with the arrest for aggravated robbery. Still in the station of the regional capital of Campania, a “serial” pickpocket who chose his victims among the travelers waiting for the Piazza Garibaldi underground was blocked for aggravated theft. The man was arrested by agents while he was intent on robbing an unsuspecting traveler, always using the same "modus operandi".

In Rome Termini, Polfer was arrested, a Cuban citizen because he was responsible for the theft of numerous items of clothing stolen from a commercial facility in the railway station and an Algerian citizen, already known to the Railway Police as a pickpocket. The latter, taking advantage of the distraction of a man intent on the telephone outside his car in the station square, opened the door to steal the bag resting on the rear seats. Thanks to the screams of the victim and the timely intervention of the operators, the foreigner was blocked.

A Libyan citizen arrested in the central station of Bologna, responsible for a series of thefts committed in damage to passengers of the High Speed ​​trains. Blocked by Polfer, thanks to the description provided by the victim to the Operations Room, he was found in possession of 250,00 euro in cash, two laptops and a tablet. Further investigations made it possible to trace back to other passengers victims of thefts always committed by the same foreigner, in different railway stations.

The agents of the Taranto Railway Police rescued a young man who walked along the roadbed, getting closer and closer to the tracks. The boy, in a confused state, was then assisted by the 118 operators and entrusted to his mother.

Railway Police: at the forefront against crime in Italian stations

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