Rome, March 2. The Italian police and finance guard discovered a large arsenal, with long weapons such as Kalashnikov submachine guns, during a search in Giugliano, in the province of Naples (south) on the trail of the criminal association led by Raffaele Imperiale, a notorious mobster and drug trafficker Arrested just under a year ago.
During the search carried out in a house, in a compartment hidden under the floor of the garage, an arsenal was found consisting of 38 short weapons, 15 long weapons, 30 magazines, 1 hand grenade, 2 silencers and 5,067 cartridges of various calibers, the Finance Guard explained today.
Among the long weapons that were in the cache, some with particular offensive capacity were seized, such as three Kalashnikov submachine guns, three sniper rifles equipped with an optical system, a sniper rifle and a shotgun, added the source. in a press release.
They also found five bullet-proof vests, four sign posts and four bibs with law enforcement logos.
Imperiale, arrested on March 25, 2022, is a boss of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, nicknamed “the millionaire” because he laundered money from drug trafficking by buying two paintings by Van Gogh and is currently a collaborator of justice.
Specialized personnel are carrying out new investigations and ballistic analyzes of the seized weapons and the possible destination of the arsenal will be studied, explained the Finance Guard. EFE
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