CATANIA – There Catania Policeon the orders of Power of attorney District of the Republic, has five people arrested accused of aggravated robbery, home and car burglaries, and drug dealing. The suspects, a 43-year-old, a 53-year-old, two 59-year-olds and a 66-year-old, are held responsible for a series of crimes committed between 2022 and 2024.
The investigation started from one robbery occurred on June 6, 2022 in the parking lot of the San Marco hospital. Three people, a of which armed with a gunthey arrived on site and have an employee of a company that collects money from automatic pay stations in parking lots was robbed, for a total of 2,165 euros. The investigations they were allowed to identify all group members: the baseman, the accomplice who was waiting for the victim and the three who physically carried out the robbery.
Furthermore, during the investigations it emerged that the 43-year-old and the 53-year-old were involved in drug trafficking (marijuana and hashish) and in supply of mobile phones to an inmate in the Piazza Lanza prison. The September 6, 2022the 43-year-old was arrested in flagrante delicto while he kept two pistols and two machine guns with ammunition in a warehouse at his disposal.
The GIP, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, issued a precautionary custody order in prison for all the suspects, who were taken to prison in Piazza Lanza.
