Extraordinary checks of the territory arranged by the Police Commissioner of Vibo Valentia both in the city center and in other places in the province, in particular in places of aggregation and greatest influx of people, in order to prevent the commission of illegal actions and more generally to ensure public order and safety.
The activities carried out were characterized by the setting up of control posts along the roads with the greatest vehicular traffic as well as in the places of evening and nightlife, especially at weekends, with the aim of combating the abuse of alcoholic substances, drug dealing, brawls, attitudes of urban violence and vandalism.
The checks in question were carried out according to a precise plan for the use of patrols from the Flying Squad, Police Headquarters, Serra San Bruno Police Station, and the Tropea Police, also together with the crews of the Crime Prevention Department of the “Central Calabria” State Police and the Vibo Valentia Traffic Police Section. Operational activity aimed at ensuring constant control of the territory with the aim of strengthening the general security framework.
Precisely in this context, numerous people and vehicles were checked during the week and the activity carried out led to arrests, complaints, charges for violations of the highway code and in relation to drugs as well as the carrying out of checks through the use of the breathalyser.
As part of the intensification of territorial control services within the city, staff from the General Prevention and Public Rescue Office arrested a man for the crime of escape. The same person, subjected to the measure of home detention at his home, was not found at home during a police check aimed at verifying compliance with the imposed requirements. Subsequently, the operators of the Flying Squad noticed him while he was returning to his home, therefore proceeding to arrest him flagrantly for the crime of escape.
The strengthening of the prevention device in the city center over the weekend also led to the arrest of a foreign citizen who, subjected to checks on Saturday evening, in addition to refusing to provide his personal details, offered strong resistance to the operators when it was decided to accompany him to the police station for further checks. For this reason, the subject was arrested for the crime of resisting a public official (art. 337 of the criminal code) as well as released into a state of freedom for the crime of aggravated injuries, refusal to provide information on his personal identity, art. 6 paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree 286/1998 (failure to produce the passport or other identification document and residence permit upon request of Public Security Officers and Agents, without justified reason) as well as for the crime referred to in art. 73 Presidential Decree 309/1990 (detention for the purposes of drug dealing) as he was also found in possession of 23.9 g. of narcotic substance subjected to seizure.
In Tropea the intensification of the State Police’s territorial control services has made it possible to report to the Administrative Authority pursuant to art. 75 Presidential Decree 309/1990 (detention for personal use) a foreigner who, following a check, was found in possession of a narcotic substance.