A blitz of the carabinieri of the Radiomobile section of the Compagnia di Villa San Giovanni has foiled a theft inside the former Hotel Plaza, a building destined to become the future barracks of the weapon. Three people were arrested in the act of crime while trying to remove electric cables and copper material with a disused structure.
The intervention took place during a territory control service. The military, suspicious of some movements inside the property, approached caution by surprising the three individuals intent on transcending the cables and collecting other metal components, already ready to be taken away. During the operation, several burglary tools were also seized, proof of the premeditation of the blow.
The former Hotel Plaza, abandoned for years, is at the center of a redevelopment project financed with public funds: the building will in fact become the new headquarters of the Company and Carabinieri Station of Villa San Giovanni, transforming itself from a symbol of urban degradation to a garrison of legality in the heart of the city.
After the formalities of the ritual, the three arrested – at the disposal of the judicial authority – were conducted under house arrest pending the validation hearing.
The episode confirms, they underline from the weapon, the importance of constant supervision in the area for the prevention of crimes and the protection of the community.