The loot stolen during the “spectacular” theft from the ATM at the Lauropoli post office amounts to 130 thousand euros. The bandits would have arrived from outside the region, putting the active underworld in the area into a corner. The investigations launched by the Carabinieri after the sensational attack on the Postamat automatic teller machine of the post office seem to open up new scenarios, which lead to nearby Puglia.
Let’s remember the facts. The attack, carried out three nights before Christmas, was carried out with military methods. Shortly after three in the morning a commando detonated the Postamat with two charges, the first semi-successful which made a second explosion necessary, managing to unhinge the entire device from the wall containing, as far as we know, around 130 thousand euros. A rapid and violent action, which suggests an expert and well-organised gang. After the theft, the bandits fled in a car which, after being found by police, turned out to be stolen. As expected, the vehicle was subsequently abandoned along the escape route and set on fire, a gesture designed to erase any biological traces or fingerprints useful for the investigation. The discovery of the burned car is one of the key elements investigators are working on.
What now remains to be clarified is the possible involvement of local “basemen”, figures who would have provided logistical support to the command and who, according to investigative hypotheses, could be attributable to the local ‘Ndrangheta. A central aspect is to understand what part of the loot eventually ended up in the hands of these subjects.
The Carabinieri of the Operational Unit of the Company of Cassano all’Ionio, together with colleagues from the Investigation Department of the Provincial Command of Cosenza, are also analyzing the strong similarities with another criminal episode, which occurred the following night in Santa Maria del Cedro, on the Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza. Same modus operandi, same violence, same objectives. The military wonders if it was the same hand that acted. At the moment, the Apulian cousins’ trail appears to be the most clear-cut. Meanwhile, the investigations continue.