They carried out works of Abusive extraction with mechanical means of material inert from the river of the Nicà riverbetween the provinces of Crotone and Cosenza and precisely close to the border Among the municipalities of Crucoli (KR) and Terravecchia (CS).
The carabinieri of the Forestry Unit of Cirò, during the control activity, noticed the signs of an earthly movement site and, suspicious, have been stationed at a distance. The intuition was confirmed shortly after, when they arrived on the spot three people which, unaware of being observed, have started to perform the inert mass withdrawal with the help of motor vehicles. The military therefore intervened by identifying the subjects who, at the request without the result of exhibiting the necessary authorization documentation, were arrested for aggravated theft in the act against the state, since it is an abusive subtraction of state property intended for public utility, under the immediate directives by the Castrovillari prosecutor.
The controls also revealed that the workers were intent on leveling the bucking bucal, for an extension and depth of various meters, through the reinterpreter of excavated lands mixed to other waste from demolition activities (such as bricks and rubble, concrete, railways, etc.). Following this activity, the seizure of the vehicle used to commit illegal activities. Followed the Judgment for Direttissimo For GMthirty -five years of crosia (CS), VFfifty -one year old, e Agfifty -eighth, both from Cariati (CS), recognized guilty And condemned at the imprisonment For periods between 6 and 8 months, with a negliged and suspended penalty, as well as the imposition of a fine.
The further conduct contested by the military led to the referral to the judicial authority as well as the three people arrested, also of the Owner of the Crotone company of which the same are dependent, active in the management of a inert recovery system not far from the excavation area. The same will also have to defend themselves from the accusations of invasion of state -owned land in the bound area, illegal management of waste in the exercise of business activities, deterioration of landscape goods, modification of the state of the places and further profiles of responsibility in the environmental field during the verification phase.
The operation is among the control activities of the Carabinieri territory as part of the campaign “Safe River 2025”, Planned by Command for forest protection and parks in order to prevent and repress environmental offenses.