The carabinieri of Cinquefrondi they arrested a 55 -year -old uncensored on charges of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. The man, a hunter owner of Porto d’Armi, was surprised to hold a Beretta pistol with an abraded serial number and numerous ammunition.
The operation took place during a regular control of the weapons legitimately held by the man, owner of a hunting license. The behavior of the controlled, in fact, immediately appeared very suspicious in the eyes of the military who intervened, who decided to search the home. And so, By opening the freezer cockpit in which the man kept the hunted game, the carabinieri also found a sock inside which the illegal weapon was kept more ammunition of various calibersome of which potentially lethal, carefully preserved within vacuum wraps.
The 36 -year -old, who until then had never had problems with justice, was arrested on charges of illegal detention of weapons and ammunition and, at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor of Palmi, directed by Crescent Emanuele, It was subjected to house arrest pending the validation hearing.
The accusatory prospect has found, to date, a preliminary acceptance in the validation from the arrest carried out by the investigating judge of Palmi, which towards the man has ordered the continuation of the precautionary measure. The procedure is currently pending in the preliminary investigation phase and the actual responsibility of the arrested person, given the merits of the accusation hypotheses made against him, will be examined during the subsequent trial. Further investigative and evidentiary developments are not excluded, also in favor of the person under investigation.
The operation is part of a wider plan of local controls, aimed at contrasting the trafficking of illegal weapons and preventing episodes of violence and organized crime in an area often the scene of illegal activities. The investigations are still in progress to ascertain the possible origin of the weapons and if they have been used in previous criminal episodes.