The escape of the alleged lone robber who had held up several shops in Pozzuoli has ended. The Carabinieri of the Phlegraean city, on the orders of the Neapolitan District Anti-Mafia Directorate and the investigating judge of the Court of Naples, have executed a precautionary measure of house arrest against a man seriously suspected of robbery, attempted robbery and possession of a clandestine weapon.
The investigations, coordinated by the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, have reconstructed a sequence of robberies carried out in the commercial heart of Pozzuoli. The man would have always acted alone, threatening the shopkeepers with a gun and taking away a total of about a thousand euros. A modest loot, but enough to unleash panic among the shopkeepers in the area, worried by a series of violent and sudden raids.
Investigators followed him carefully for weeks, collecting useful elements to reconstruct his movements and the methods of the robberies. Decisive, according to investigative sources, was the finding of the weapon used in the robberies, illegally held and now seized. The arrested man is now under house arrest, awaiting the next phases of the judicial proceedings.
I honestly don't understand how a single man can scare so many shopkeepers, the situation in Pozzuoli seems to be complicated and the authorities should act more quickly to ensure safety.