A 50-year-old Bulgarian citizen, on the run for over 10 years, was arrested by the police in Cinisello Balsamo, just outside Milan. He was the recipient of an arrest order issued by the Bulgarian authorities in 2012 for drug trafficking.
In recent weeks, the possible presence of the man in the Milan area had been communicated. The agents of the Anti-Drug Section of the Milan Mobile immediately hypothesized the use of false documents since with his real personal details he had been checked in Italy for the last time in 2009.
The police concentrated their searches on some relatives of the wanted man living in the province of Milan and then identified one of their vehicles recorded several times by cameras between the municipalities of Sesto San Giovanni and Cinisello Balsamo.
Officers stopped and checked the vehicle on Thursday. The fugitive was driving. in his home in Cinisello Balsamo, in an apartment monitored by a camera, a dog swatter pistol without a red cap, an Italian identity card, a Bulgarian identity card and a Bulgarian driving license were also seized. All documents that a Scientific Police report has certified as false. The Bulgarian citizen was arrested and taken to the San Vittore prison
disposition of the magistrates.
