even 8 shots per night and always acted with the same method
MESTRE – They acted at night so as not to dare in the eye, targeting apartments that they robbed in minutes. The operation with which the Mobile Squad of the Venice Police Headquarters dismantled one is called Hora before gang of four thieves, all in their thirties and of Albanian nationality, who in just over a month robbed at least forty houses – it is not excluded that they may be more than double – in the Venetian and in the provinces of Treviso And Padua.
The investigation activity, coordinated by the Lagoon Public Prosecutor’s Office, made it possible to identify the base of operation of the quartet in via del Gazzato a Mestre. It is from here that they left “armed with the tools of the trade” – drills, pliers, wire cutters, gloves – to the homes of private citizens they had targeted. The shots were studied in detail and demonstrated the “professionalism” of the marauders, capable of robbing up to 8 houses in a single night. To enter they always used the same technique, practicing a drill hole in the handle of the front door or window. “There were no scruples of any kind, not even if the owners were inside – explained Giorgio di Munno, head of Mobile – and they raided anything. They had a predilection for precious gold, but they also stole watches, designer bags and any object that could have a value, and then resold it outside national borders ». The four suspects were arrested and arrested on Saturday night, following the arrest of a suspect issued by the prosecutor and validated by the magistrate on duty.