The State Police of Brindisi, as part of a specific service aimed at searching for weapons and drugs, arrested two criminals in flagrante delicto for illegal possession of clandestine weapons, ammunition, pyrotechnic material, cocaine and hashish. Brindisi aged 50 and 41.
In particular, the investigators of the Flying Squad of the Brindisi Police Headquarters, with the support of two canine units of the local Border Police Office, carried out a local search of a commercial activity and related appurtenances, located in a district of this capital.
The search, which lasted several hours and which covered a significant area where there were also numerous animal enclosures, allowed the discovery of numerous illicit material.
Specifically, thanks to the operational skills of the police and the impeccable nose of the dogs “Back” and “Africa”, it was possible to find and seize: 12 pyrotechnic devices hidden in a dog kennel; 6 pistols (2 revolvers and 4 semi-automatic) and around 100 bullets of different calibers hidden in a false bottom of a kitchen cupboard; a bulletproof vest and 2 two-way radios in the main hall of the establishment, while, in the external area, covered by dense vegetation, approximately 200 grams of cocaine, 100 grams of hashish and 1 precision scale.
As a result of the large amount of material found, attributable to the manager of the commercial activity and an employee, the two arrested were associated at the local prison available to the Judicial Authority.
