Como, two arrested after attempted pickpocketing on a Eurocity train.

The Como State Police has fined two individuals with two removal orders and a proposal for an expulsion order., a 28-year-old Algerian and a 24-year-old Belgian, both homeless but found to be from a nomad camp in the Milan area. Following a report sent to 112 by the train conductor of a Eurocity train from the Milano Central and direct to Locarno (CH), where he reported the attempted theft of a bag, a patrol car went to the station of St. John.

Once the train arrives at the station, The two individuals were taken into custody by the police, who also identified the victim of the pickpocketing, a 36-year-old woman. moldovan who was traveling with her daughter towards Switzerland. From the story it emerged that, while the train was traveling towards Como, the 28-year-old Algerian, with the complicity of the 24 year old Belgian, He allegedly stole the 36-year-old woman's purse, which she had placed on the seat, but was discovered by the victim, who immediately retrieved it. The train conductor witnessed the incident and promptly stopped the two individuals by calling 112.

Taken to the police station, the two were found to have a series of previous police records and expulsion orders, as well as several bans on returning from various cities in the north. The 28-year-old was also found to be illegally resident in the area, and had an expulsion order that had never been complied with.
They were issued with expulsion reports, and officers from the Anti-Crime Police Division began procedures to issue mandatory expulsion orders from Como. The 28-year-old's position Algerian It will also be taken into custody by the Como immigration office for a final decision.