Catania: 18-year-old in car with knuckledusters and baseball bat, reported by Carabinieri.

Increasing security, both real and perceived by citizens, this is the primary goal of the activity carried out by the Carabinieri of the Piazza Dante Company who, last night, during a control and surveillance service of the streets of the historic center, reported a newly adult for "illegal possession of weapons or objects capable of causing offence".
Thanks to their widespread presence in the area, combined with a deep knowledge of the social and criminal fabric of the place, the military personnel spotted two very young boys who, on board a Fiat 500, were wandering around the streets surrounding the port of Catania, stopping every now and then at groups of other boys to whom they would "throw" insults from the windows before speeding off in the small car.

This provocative and uncivilized attitude could not go unnoticed by the crew, who therefore decided to stop the two for a check.
When the vehicle arrived in via Villascabrosa, the Carabinieri ordered a halt and proceeded to identify the two occupants, as well as checking the vehicle's documents. During these operations, the passenger, an 18-year-old from Catania living in the San Giorgio neighborhood, began to appear increasingly restless and nervous, leading the police to suspect that he was hiding something.

At that point, the investigators decided to search both the two young men and the car. Inside the armrest storage compartment they found a metal knuckle duster almost 10 cm long. Also, in the trunk, hidden under some shopping bags, a wooden stick 65 cm long was found. Both objects, the knuckle duster and the stick, were immediately seized.

At that point, the 18-year-old told the patrol that the car belonged to his grandmother, but was used only by him, and he also admitted to having personally hidden those dangerous objects in the vehicle, without the knowledge of his friend, who was only accompanying him for a ride and, for this reason, was reported to the Judicial Authority.