A commando raids an armored vehicle on the A2 motorway: the car catches fire in the tunnel and a €2 million heist is reported.

A swift, violent, and military-orchestrated operation. This is the dynamics of the sensational assault that took place at dawn today along the A2 "Autostrada del Mediterraneo" highway, in the province of Reggio Calabria, where a commando of criminals targeted an armored van owned by the Sicurtransport company, managing to seize loot that, according to initial estimates, amounts to approximately two million euros.

The action started around 6.30 in the morning, in a particularly delicate section of the motorway: a tunnel between the Scilla and Bagnara junctions, heading north. A carefully chosen location, which allowed the robbers to isolate the armored vehicle and prevent any possible timely intervention.

The commando's action: nails on the asphalt, cars set on fire and gunshots

According to an initial reconstruction by the police, the gang set up a complex system of road blocks:

• Several cars were parked across the roadway to obstruct the passage.

• The same cars were set fire immediately, releasing high columns of smoke and making access to the motorway section impossible.

• The asphalt was covered in nails, a technique often used in raids on armored vehicles to prevent evasive maneuvers or the arrival of reinforcements.

Once the area was completely blocked, the robbers moved into action in the heart of the tunnel where the armored van was passing. Several gunshots were fired, but fortunately no injuries were reported among the private security officers on the vehicle. Threatened and surrounded, the Sicurtransport operators were forced to hand over the money they were carrying.

It all happened in a matter of minutes, sheltered by the tunnel walls and with the road isolated from any possible witnesses.

Traffic paralyzed and rescue intervention

The consequences of the accident were immediate and severe on traffic. The highway remained closed. blocked for over an hour, with knock-on effects on traffic along the entire northern stretch of the province of Reggio Calabria.

Light vehicles were required to exit at the Scilla junction and return to Bagnara, while heavy vehicles were temporarily held at the Campo Calabro junction.

Meanwhile, both the police and the police intervened on site. Fire fighters, engaged in putting out the burning cars and securing the tunnel State Police and Carabinieri, who started the first surveys and the collection of testimonies.

A carefully planned coup

The investigators have no doubts: the person who acted was a expert commando, well organized and perfectly prepared.
The choice of time—dawn, when traffic was still limited—and the combined use of fires, nails, and roadblocks indicate a carefully planned action.

It remains to be determined how many people participated in the raid, how the group managed to disappear after the attack, and whether there was local support or links to other similar attacks in Southern Italy in recent years.

Law enforcement is analyzing every available piece of evidence: CCTV footage, the black boxes from the armored van, traces left on the asphalt, and the remains of the burned vehicles.

Investigations underway: the area under observation

The prosecutor's office and investigators are examining all possibilities, including that the commando may have conducted a thorough reconnaissance in the preceding days. A two-million-euro heist, in fact, requires a significant level of logistical preparation.

Experts also do not rule out the possibility that the robbers may have planned alternative escape routes through the inland areas of the Reggio Calabria province, which are characterized by complex orography and difficult to control.