The agents of the “Borgo Ognina” Public Safety Commissioner carried out a provision issued by the Police Commissioner of Catania which ordered the suspension of activity and the simultaneous closure for seven days of a kiosk bar in the Picanello district.
The numerous checks carried out by the officers revealed how the place represented a regular meeting place for customers with various criminal records, linked to robberies, thefts, mafia-style criminal association, drug dealing, illegal possession of weapons, receiving stolen goods, resisting public official.
Among the people identified are also customers subjected to the measure of special surveillance and to the oral warning of the Police Commissioner, i.e. the measure with which the subject, considered socially dangerous, is invited to maintain conduct in compliance with the law.
At the end of the investigative activity, carried out by the Administrative Police Division, the Police Commissioner ordered the temporary suspension of the commercial activity and the affixing of seals to the premises, in accordance with the provisions of the art. 100 of the Consolidated Law on Public Safety which allows the temporary closure of a public establishment, a usual meeting place for people with criminal convictions, to guarantee order and safety of citizens, as well as to ensure legitimate aspirations to live in a safe community.
Furthermore, the regulatory provision not only constitutes a guarantee for all those economic activities that respect the rules, but also performs a function with dissuasive effects towards those subjects considered dangerous who, deprived of a place of habitual meeting, are warned that their presence in these places is the subject of attention from the authorities.
Further control actions in public establishments will continue in the coming days.
