Police in Bologna expel 24 foreigners and arrest 29 in Open Eyes
Checks in station and central areas led to a kilo of drugs seized and 29 prevention measures issued.
Bologna police carried out Operation Open Eyes, expelling 24 foreign nationals and arresting 29 people during a three-week crackdown on petty crime and illegal activity.
The operation, launched on 28 September, involved controls focused on areas including the central station, Piazza dei Martiri, and streets between via Amendola, Piazza XX Settembre, Via dei Mille, Via del Porto and Via Don Minzoni.
Officers identified 3,251 people in total, 971 of them with police records. Police reported 31 people being denounced for alleged crimes including receiving stolen goods, serious threats, criminal damage, assaults, carrying weapons or objects used to attack, resisting a public official, aggravated injuries and drug-related offences.
Twenty-nine arrests were made for alleged offences including aggravated robbery, attempted improper robbery, violations of a removal order from the family home, drug possession and dealing, resisting police and injuries to a public official. Police said they seized one kilogram of drugs, including hashish, marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine and crack.
Police also seized 7 non-firing weapons and 2 non-compliant pepper spray devices. In addition, 29 prevention measures were issued.
Authorities do not report the latest court outcomes in the available details, describing the action as the conclusion of the three-week police operation.
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Il Resto del Carlino