Brenner: Fugitive Arrested on International Train, 26-Year-Old Convict Stopped by Police.

In the course of the usual border controls at the Brenner Pass, aimed at countering theclandestine immigration and drug trafficking, State Police agents they stopped a 26 year old Tunisian with criminal record on board the international train “RAIL-JET 87”, from Monaco of Bavaria and directed to Bologna Centrale.

The young man, without documents and train ticket, was subjected to a in-depth check in the offices of the Brenner Public Safety Commissioner. Cross-checks with the Database of the Ministry of the Interior they revealed that there was a Detention Order, issued in theOctober 2024 by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Trento.

The man had to serve a sentence of 4 months imprisonment and pay a fine of 6.300 euros for crimes related to drug dealing, insulting a public official and damage.

At the end of the formalities of Judicial Police, the 26-year-old was arrested and transferred to the Bolzano Prison, available to the Judicial Authority.

Il Police Chief of Bolzano, Paolo Sartori, also issued a Expulsion Decree, which will become operational once the sentence has been served.

“The search, identification and arrest of fugitives represents one of the priorities of the State Police – declared Police Commissioner Sartori – to guarantee the execution of sentences and to promote a re-educational path for reintegration into society.”