Man with gun and balaclava stopped in Pisa 25 August 2022
A young man with a pistol tucked into his trouser belt. This is the report received yesterday afternoon by the municipal police during a patrol in the station area. Based on the description of the young man provided by a citizen and called for reinforcements, the agents identified the person near Piazza Guerrazzi.
Subjected to a search on the spot, the man, a 37-year-old resident of Calci but de facto homeless, convicted, was caught in possession of a dog gun, without the red cap, and a black balaclava.
The justification is the possession of the objects found with the implausible excuse of having to defend himself from “7 Tunisians” threatening him. Not credible excuse especially with reference to the balaclava, mainly used to commit robberies or other crimes, eliminating being allowed.
The 37-year-old was referred to the judicial authorities for abusive carrying of weapons.
“The action carried out by the agents of the Proximity Police assumes particular importance, like other operations conducted by agents of the Nosu and the Nucleo Centro Storico, which pay attention to the criminal phenomena taking place in the area and in the historic center in general , remains high, also given the episodes of violence with weapons that took place in Florence and Livorno. As well as the level of knowledge of the environment reached by the agents who every day this type of service “underline from the command of via Battisti.