Varese, transporting a gold bar and a Rolex watch in a rental car: reported and seized by the Guardia di Finanza.

The activity of the company continues unabated Finance Police of Varese in contrast to illicit trafficking and in the supervision of the regularity of currency flows, with particular attention to border areas.

As part of these services, in recent days the military of the Luino Company they carried out a targeted check in the territory of Laveno Mombello.

The arrest during a checkpoint

During a checkpoint aimed at protecting economic and financial security, the financiers stopped arental car conducted by a Italian citizen.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the vehicle had been rented a few days earlier and that the driver was burdened by numerous police records, in particular for property crime.

These elements led the military to deepen the checks.

Gold bar, Rolex, and cash in the car

During the inspection, the man opened the glove compartment, within which a was noticed black pencil case, partially hidden among some documents.

When asked to show its contents, the subject declared agitation and nervousness, without initially providing plausible explanations.

He later exhibited a gold bar weighing one kilogram, with a market value higher than 110.000 €, stating generically that it came from a inheritance.

During the inspection, a Rolex Submariner watch e 2.000 euros in cash, divided into 200 euro notes.

Seizure and report for receiving stolen goods

Informed the Public Prosecutor on duty both at Public Prosecutor's Office of Varese, the financiers proceeded to evidence seizure of the ingot and the watch for the crime of receiving stolen goods, as well as the entire sum of cash, withheld profit from illegal activity.

The kidnapping was later validated by the Judicial Authority.

The operation is part of a broader plan to combat economic-financial crime, confirming the constant commitment of the Varese Financial Police, in synergy with the local Public Prosecutor's Office, in protecting the legality and security of the economic system.