Unlucky but also reckless thieves steal a police officer's car and then demand a "return pass." Result: one arrested and one reported.
The car of a Carabinieri marshal is parked on the street, along Via Cannavacciuolo.
It's been there for a few hours, in the town of Santa Maria la Carità where the soldier is spending part of his leave.
The vehicle remained parked until yesterday evening. Until someone forced the door and made it disappear. In the car there was no evidence that could suggest a member of the police force, so the green light for the "returning horse".
A man persistently contacts the carabiniere, offering to support him in the search and recovery of the stolen vehicle. A mediation to be paid at a high price, 1000 euros in cash.
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The marshal plays along but as soon as he hangs up he turns to his colleagues from the Castellammare di Stabia company. This is how the Carabinieri from the Sant'Antonio Abate station and those from the operational and radiomobile section plan a trap.
The money is photocopied and placed in a sealed envelope. Dozens of carabinieri position themselves discreetly around the meeting place, the victim of the theft being the only person to meet the extortionists.
The 20-year-old from Scafati, Antonio Vitiello, ended up in handcuffs
At the moment of the exchange of money, the plan and the handcuffs are triggered. Antonio Vitiello, 20 years old, arrested for extortion Scafati already known to the police, the peer who had accompanied him was reported for the same crime. Vitiello was taken to prison, awaiting trial.
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