A revolver, “Smith & Wesson” 38 caliber special, was found in a secret compartment of Matteo Messina Denaro’s hideout in Campobello di Mazara. The weapon was hidden behind a panel under the kitchen oven. The images of the gun and the place where it was hidden were shown for the first time by Tgr Rai Sicilia in a report.
Investigators discovered the hideout a few days after the boss’ arrest on January 16 last year. Next to the gun, a leather bag with 20 cartridges, on the left, a document holder with some pins closed with a yellow elastic band. Next to it was a “transparent envelope containing envelopes” as the police wrote. All found and cataloged like the photo of the revolver found loaded, with 5 cartridges in the cylinder. The weapon, analyzed by RIS experts, was found in perfect condition. And modified as Messina Denaro himself said in an interrogation which took place on 13 February in the L’Aquila prison. “You can’t trace anything back,” said the boss, answering questions from Palermo prosecutor Maurizio De Lucia and deputy Paolo Guido. And he added lyingly, “they brought me the gun from Belgium twenty years ago.”
