Naples. He had been released from prison on a four-day parole, obtained thanks to his placement in a parish in the city. Louis Candia, the 41-year-old prisoner arrested yesterday by the officers of the Vicaria Mercato police station because he was found in possession of a pistol with a bullet in the chamber.
Candia is serving a sentence for the brutal murder of a 26-year-old and the attempted murder of the latter's partner, which occurred in Trajan district, in the fFebruary 2011, with knife attacks. An attack that took place at the height of an argument at the couple's home, after Candia's heavy comments about the 26-year-old's wife.
Ten years ago, investigators did not rule out that drug-related issues might have fueled the tension. Candia was arrested in Garibaldi square while traveling by car, a Panda, together with his wife. He had a one with him Viking pistol clandestine semi-automatic Russian-made 9×19 caliber pistol with a round in the chamber, cocked hammer and magazine containing 13 more bullets. He was arrested for carrying and possession of a clandestine weapon and receiving stolen goods, while the woman, a 37-year-old Neapolitan, was reported for receiving stolen goods.
Yesterday afternoon, the officers of the Vicaria-Mercato Police Station, during the territorial control service, checked a car with the couple on board in Piazza Garibaldi and found, in a bag under the passenger seat, a Viking pistol with 14 9mm cartridges; furthermore, the operators ascertained that the man was the beneficiary of a reward permit since he was already detained at the Secondigliano prison.
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