12.909 controlled persons, among these 5 arrested and 92 investigated: this is the balance of the checks carried out at the weekend by the Railway Police. 1.492 station patrols and 275 board train; 576 escorted railway trains. 100 anti-labor services in civilian clothes to counter theft against travelers.
A Nigerian citizen was arrested at the train station in Alessandria for receiving stolen goods and for failing to comply with the expulsion decree. The man, homeless, under the control of the agents was expelled from the national territory but had returned before the expected five years. Furthermore, following a search, some objects were found in the arrested person's luggage, including three cell phones and a smart watch which the arrested could not justify possession of.
In Friuli Venezia Giulia the Agents of the Posto Polfer of Tarvisio Boscoverde (UD) arrested a Romanian citizen for execution of the detention order having to pay the sentence of 1 year and 3 months.
In Milan Rogoredo an Italian citizen was arrested because after a check she was the recipient of a precautionary detention order in prison, for violation of the measure of house arrest for the crime of competition in aggravated theft.
Arrested in Central Naples by the Police Department personnel of the Polfer Compartment for Campania, a Romanian citizen, injured, for aggravated theft. The man was seen leaving a business to trade quickly with a backpack. Realizing that the Agents were following him, the stranger began to run, undoing the backpack he had just stolen from the shop he had left. It was then blocked and the stolen goods were recovered.
Among the weekend events, the Sicilian stage of the "Rugby Festival" took place in Catania, the initiative organized as part of the campaign conceived by the Railway Police, the National Agency for Railway Safety and the Italian Rugby Federation aimed at young people, to raise awareness of compliance with the rules in the railway sector. The event, organized in the sports facilities of CUS Catania, saw the participation of a thousand children from schools and clubs in Sicily and Calabria. In the field with the boys also the Agents of the Railway Police that through the game, the quizzes and the films have sensitized the youngest to the respect of the rules and to assume responsible behaviors in the station and on the trains.
27 foreigners traced in an irregular position; 87 the high penalties in terms of railway safety; 11 unaccompanied minors tracked down by the Specialty staff and returned to families or placed in the community.