Como: 44-year-old with multiple convictions arrested for aggravated theft and possession of lock picks.

La Como State Police proceeded toarrest of a 44-year-old Italian man with a criminal record resident in Guanzate (CO), for Theft aggravated e unjustified possession of altered keys or lock picks.

Given the previous and increasingly frequent episodes of “split” in the Larian territory, the Como State Police has intensified checks, providing services for the prevention and repression of such crimes.

At about 17.00pm yesterday afternoon, the agents of Section III of the Flying Squad of the Como Police Headquarters, engaged in this investigative activity, have noted in Via Vittorio Veneto a person who, after having parked his car in the parking lot in front of the “Sinigaglia” Stadium, approached a car parked nearby and, After fiddling with the lock knob, he managed to open it by taking a backpack.

The man, identified as 44enne Italian, intent on leaving with the stolen goods, was stopped and searched by the officers, which they found on him objects suitable for breaking and entering and committing theft.

The 44-year-old with a criminal record for property crimes, it was like that taken to the police station and arrested for Theft aggravated e unjustified possession of lock picks or altered keys.

Notified on Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Como, the man is temporarily held in the holding cells of the Como Police Headquarters, waiting for immediate trial.