Drug dealer arrested after a year and a half as a fugitive. He had stabbed a fellow countryman

Yesterday the Agents of the Anti-Crime Section of the Merano Public Safety Police Station, following a specific activity Of observation and of investigationthey proceeded to track down ed stop a 33-year-old Afghan citizen residing in Piazza Grande in Merano, although effectively homeless, with a history of various crimes and holder of a Residence Permit for subsidiary protection.

The subject was wanted by the Police Force for over a year and a half, as the Bolzano Judicial Authority had issued a warrant against himDetention order for the expiation of the sentence to imprisonment for 3 and a half yearswhich became enforceable following a Conviction sentence For aggravated personal injury, given that in April 2022 he had stabbed in Merano a his compatriot, during an argument, and for dealing of narcotic substances. The man had been arrested by the police only to be released after a few months and go to work in the run.

In fact, since November 2022 he had moved away from the Municipality of Merano lose your tracks. Only thanks to repeated control, stalking and search services, the men of Merano police station they were able to track him down and bring him to justice.

At the end of the photo-signalling operations, the drafting of the Judicial Police documents and the notifications relating to the criminal proceedings which remained blocked during the period of unavailability, the arrested person was transferred to the Bolzano Prison for theexecution of the sentencing sentence.

As mentioned, the man is already known to the police for his unenviable criminal record. He is legally resident on the national territory, not being able (to date) to be expelled, as holder of international protection. Despite this, and in consideration of the severity of the precedents he was born in the fact that he had been a fugitive for some timeThe Police Commissioner of the Province of Bolzano, Paolo Sartori, gave immediate instructions to the Immigration Office to report the incident to the Territorial Commission for Refugees, in order to revoke his “asylum” status and, consequently, be able to issue him a Expulsion Decree For permanently remove him from Italyonce the sentence has been served.

«Thanks to a complex investigation carried out by the investigators of the Merano Public Security Police Department, it was possible to identify and arrest a dangerous criminal, wanted for over a year and a half as he was guilty of serious and violent crimes. – commented Commissioner Sartori –. The search, identification and arrest of fugitives represents one of the priorities in the operational actions of the State Police, it is aimed at making the sentences issued by the Judicial Authority enforceable, ensuring that individuals who refuse to respect the laws of our country are brought to justice. country and enabling them to undertake a re-educational path that can, once their sentences have been served, allow them to reintegrate into the community.”