Six highway patrol officers
working in the southern Italian port city of Taranto were placed
under house arrest on Monday on suspicion of corruption, sources
said.
The suspects are accused of refraining from reporting alleged
violations of traffic laws in exchange for money or payment in
kind.
Investigations began after Taranto police headquarters
received an anonymous call reporting that a highway patrol squad
was loading crates of fish into the boot of the patrol car.
The fish was reportedly taken from a lorry that had been
stopped for checks.
The drivers involved in the allegedly illicit exchanges are
also being investigated for promising and/or handing over the
requested benefits.
The six were named as Savino Dimastrochicco, Pietro
Galeandro, Giuseppe Abatangelo, Antonio Pastore, Angelo Nunzella
and Alessandro Vozza.
They were not part of Taranto Polstrada steady units but
joined squads on a rota basis.
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