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REGGIO EMILIA – The Montecchio carabinieri seized a large quantity of long and short weapons and ammunition, who, in collaboration with their colleagues from Reggio Emilia and a canine unit in Bologna, identified the attic of an apartment building owned by an elderly woman in the city the place where a known Crotone with a specific background, Spanish Salvador, had obtained the cache of a large batch of weapons stolen yesterday from the house of a collector in the municipality of Val d’Enza and ready to be put on the black market.
Specifically, a dozen long barrels (rifles and carbines), a dozen pistols and more than 500 ammunition of various calibers were seized. The 29-year-old Spaniard, who lives in the city, ended up handcuffed for receiving stolen goods and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The victim, a 65-year-old man who was in Sicily at the time of the coup, had reported the robbery yesterday morning to the military after being informed by relatives. The investigations began with the vision of the gates of the cameras along the access roads to the object house. Attention has focused on some vehicles, including those registered to people with a gun record. Having identified the homes of these subjects, the military went to visit them in search of weapons. In Spanish, the carabinieri found what they were looking for.
The attic where the weapons were hidden.
The garage, a windowless underground room, was permeated with the strong smell of cut iron, and there was a hose on the floor; The condominiums later stated that, in fact, yesterday morning Spanish had gone to work with that same tool to cut iron. The intuition of the Arma’s men led them to check the attic of the other condominiums: in one (photo), owned by an elderly woman who had not accessed the area for years, weapons were hidden under a mattress. in a car, in a canvas bag, and in a package made from wrapped rags and duct tape.
The weapons (11 pistols, 2 revolvers, 4 rifles and 4 carbines of various brands and calibers) and 500 ammunition were seized, while the 29-year-old from Crotone was arrested. The Spanish had already ended up in jail two years ago for having beaten, along with two other people, a Sicilian transporter who sent him to the hospital with a 90-day prognosis. Congratulations to the Reggio army for this operation were also expressed by the deputy prosecutor. Maria Rita Pantani, owner of the investigation.
See the photo gallery (Corrado Bertozzi / Elite for Reggionline)
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