Pisa: criminal gang specialized in apartment thefts stopped
Investigated 5 people, of Italian-Serbian ethnicity, for home theft, receiving stolen car plates and theft.
Investigators of the mobile squad of Pistoia and Pisa and of the Pistoia police, following observation and stalking, managed to identify a criminal group, coming from Southern Italy, in street thefts in the apartment.
The suspects, all with criminal records for crimes against property, mainly affected in various areas of the provinces of Pistoia, Pisa, Florence but also in Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia and Verona, always starting from Pisa where they had the logistic base.
The policemen following their movements discovered that whenever the car used for travel, to which they mounted stolen license plates, stopped in a place, even for a few minutes, there was a home theft. Furthermore, once they returned to their lair, they put the original Serbian plate back on the car.
Yesterday the agents waited for them at their home in Pisa and, as soon as they got out of the car, they blocked them despite their attempt to flee.
During the search of the car of the car, numerous valuables, watches and cash were found, as well as burglary tools and a flashing light used by the police.
In the house search, on the other hand, the policemen seized jewels, clothing and valuable watches.