Lecce: State Police conduct extraordinary checks in Salento.

A Lecce and throughout the province, State Police he intensified the extraordinary controls of the territory in order to strengthen prevention and control actions in Salento. The Police Chief of the Province of Lecce, Dr. Giampietro Lionetti, has arranged specific services aimed at protecting the places with the highest crime density, especially those sensitive to supply and use of narcotic substances, as well as for predatory crimes and burglaries.

The activity also involved the protection of sensitive targets, which provide post offices, bank branches and commercial establishments, through a strengthening of the surveillance services. The operations ordinary and info-investigative took place in the municipalities of Lecce, Lizzanello, Merine, Taurisano and Racale, with the use of specialized operating units, according to the instructions given in the briefings at the beginning of the shift.

The crews focused their attention on the squares of shop, on the illegal possession or carrying of weapons and on slum areas, characterized by a large presence of people, even of young age.

The activities to counteract the dealing of narcotic substances they led toTwo people arrested in Presicce Acquarica, with the discovery of 36 grams of crack. Lecce, Flying Squad arrested two persons, found overall in possession of 110 grams of cocaine, while in another operation it was a man arrested seizure of over 20 kilograms of marijuana. Furthermore, last week, Taurisano, Was a man arrested for code red, as reported in previous press releases.

During an inspection inside the Lecce municipal villa, the agents of Flying Section they arrested a Italian citizen born in 1992, recipient result of a six-year prison sentence following SDI verification.

Over the last week, across the Salento territory, they were identified 2.707 people e 1.333 vehicles checked. They were also issued prevention measures, among which an oral warning against a 33-year-old man born in Francavilla Fontana (BR) and resident in Lecce, and two DASPOs at the expense of Lecce fans aged 35 and 43 for the events that occurred during the match Lecce-Turin on November 30th.

Finally, Friday 12, the football match was played LECCE-PISA, valid for national Serie A championship, which took place without any disturbance to public order and safety, both for fans and for citizens.