Milano, checks of the area over the weekend: five arrests for thefts and drug dealing

The State Police, last weekend in Milano, Has performed extraordinary territorial control services arranged by the Police Commissioner Bruno Megale, to combat predatory crimes, since during which, in addition to the 5 arrests, are 4 foreign citizens were investigated pursuant to art. 4 l. 110/75 because they were found in possession of weapons. They have been comprehensively checked 133 people of which 73 were found to have police records. The activity in the central areas of Milano, coordinated by the Milanese Flying Squad, involved the General Prevention and Public Relief Office and the judicial police teams of the Central, Garibaldi Venezia, Porta Genova, Greco Turro and Porta Ticinese Police Stations and was performed in the time slots where statistically the highest number of criminal episodes are recorded.

Friday evening 5 July, during these extraordinary services, the policemen of the Widespread Crime Section of the Flying Squad they arrested a 29-year-old Italian in flagrante delicto, in via Manzoni, for dealing and possession of narcotic substances: il young man had given a one gram dose of cocaine to a boy in exchange for 80 euros. Il pusher had 670 euros with him and, inside the car, the officers found and seized another 18 grams of cocaine divided into 20 identical doses, in shape and packaging, to that given to the buyer.

The policemen of the Flying Squad, Furthermore, always Friday, inside the MM1 Loreto underground station, have a 53-year-old Algerian was arrested in flagrante delicto for attempting to deftly remove a mobile phone from a Spanish tourist. In the context of the same extraordinary services, the agents of the Porta Genova Police Station arrested, in Viale Col di Lana, a 28 year old Moroccan citizen for the aggravated theft of a mobile phone from a 55 year old Italian citizen.

Saturday 6th July, in the afternoon, as part of the extraordinary services, the agents of the Widespread Crime Section of the Flying Squad arrested a 28-year-old Algerian citizen, irregular and with precedents for theft, responsible for robbery against a citizen of Lithuania. The Flying Squad officers noticed in Via Montenapoleone the 28 year old who, stopped on the sidewalk, he observed with particular interest the numerous citizens and tourists who were passing through in those moments. The policemen they began to follow at a distance the young man who had walked behind a group of people made up of two men and two women and, in particular, they noticed that his attention was focused on a man wearing a yellow gold watch from a well-known luxury brand on his wrist.

The 28-year-old, looking at himself several times behind him to make sure he wasn't followed, after having travelled through several city streets, he positioned himself on the rear side of a car parked in Corso Venezia into which the four people had just got. While the victim was maneuvering to exit the parking lot, 28 year old, taking advantage of the open car windowwith one quickly, he entered the passenger compartment with his head and torso through the window and grabbed the watch with a market value of approximately 37 thousand euros of the victim by tearing it from his left forearm with force and arrogance. The policemen, who were a short distance from the victim, they chased the young man who, after several attempts to escape the officers' tackle, he was stopped in Corso Venezia and the watch was then returned to the victim.

Saturday eveningand finally, the policemen of the General Prevention Office they have carried out an extraordinary service of territorial control aimed at combating predatory crimes in particular in the areas of Corso Como, course Garibaldi, Piazza Freud and Piazza Gae Aulenti: A 46 year old Italian citizen was arrested for drug dealing, near the M2 Moscova metro stop, as he was found in possession of 3 doses of cocaine for a total of 2,66 g. In stolen documents were also found at the man's disposal, which is why he was also investigated for receiving stolen goods.