There police of Genoa ah arrested Wednesday a Algerian 32 years old, pluri-prejudiced and homeless, for the crime of receiving stolen goods. The man had been reported a few days earlier by the same operators at the conclusion of a sudden investigation that allowed them to attribute the commission of two thefts, perpetrated a few hours later, on 8 September.

In the first episode he had stolen a cell phone from a girl sitting near the fountain of Piazza De Ferrari, while in the second he had stolen a man’s purse which was inside a shop of piazza Colombo. In both cases the images recorded by video surveillance cameras of the city and the commercial establishment that clearly immortalized the Algerian during the commission of the thefts.

Afternoon, the same agents who had met the investigation noticed him coming out of a shop via Sottoripa. Subjected to scrutiny, he was found in possession of two cell phones, one of which displayed a email address that contained an Italian female name. Suspicious of this detail, the policemen contacted the user number for calls calling that iThe phone had been stolen a few minutes ago to a woman who had not yet had time to file a complaint.

Considering the previous crimes and his now certain inclination to commit a crime, as well as the danger of escape also confirmed by the numerous attempts by the same to embark on European flights by exhibiting false documents, the 32-year-old was detained., validated today with relative custody in prison.