Tricase: Two thieves arrested after a long investigation by the Carabinieri

This morning, the Carabinieri of the Operational Unit of the Tricase Company, supported by their colleagues from the local Station, have executed a precautionary measure order issued by the Court of Lecce against a 26-year-old and a 39-year-old local man, believed to be responsible for a series of thefts to the detriment of private homes, commercial businesses and places of worship in the area. The two, both already known to the police, They are now under house arrest with an electronic bracelet. Among the episodes that have been discovered thanks to the investigations of the Carabinieri, there is a theft at the “Q8” service station of Tricase, which occurred in November last year, where the thieves had damaged a coin machine at the car wash to get hold of around 30 euros in cash.

After a few days, the “Coop” supermarket on Via Pertini had ended up in the thieves' sights, where they had forced a window to get in, taking possession of approximately 1000 euros present in the cash registers, then they had also damaged a coin machine inside a photo booth, obtaining a small amount of loot. On December 31, 2024, again in Tricase, it was a house that received the unwelcome "visit" of the thieves, who After forcing a shutter they entered the house, where they stole some family jewels. Even on Christmas Day one of the two thieves had returned in the same supermarket where he had entered a month earlier, stealing approximately 350 euros.Following this, in mid-January of this year there was the theft of a votive gold object and an electric drill stolen from the sacristy of the church of “Sant'Antonio”. Practically the "serial" thieves who at the end of the investigations were identified thanks to a meticulous investigation by the military of the Carabinieri, did not disdain anything and They stole anything that came their way, so in some cases they make small profits from thefts but They left behind a trail of damage, often considerable, as in the case of the theft at a travel agency, where only 5 euros were stolen, but the window repair cost much more.

The two were identified after the Carabinieri spent hours analyzing all the footage from the video surveillance systems present in the areas where the thieves had passed, then they continued with the photographic recognitions which were not easy at all because most of the time the two acted with their faces covered. The analysis of the videos by the military of the Arma was very thorough, to the point that they even managed to note a tattoo on the hand of one of the two suspects, identical to the one depicted in some photographs published on his social profile, therefore it was a fundamental finding in establishing his involvement in the theft under examination.

After having put together all the evidence acquired, the Carabinieri of the Tricase Company summarized both the thefts that the two allegedly committed together, and those where it is plausible that they acted individually, after which they filed a detailed criminal report with the Public Prosecutor's Office. The Preliminary Investigations Judge, accepting the Public Prosecutor's proposal, has signed a custody order against both of them, entrusting the Carabinieri who carried out and concluded the investigations to arrest them and accompany them to house arrest with the electronic bracelet.