Gang of robbers who posed as Carabinieri arrested in Naples

(ANSA) - Naples, July 29 - Carabinieri paramilitary police said Wednesday they had arrested a gang of 13 robbers on charges of posing as Carabinieri and finance police and using fake search warrants to gain entry to homes where they carried out a rash of thefts, police said.
    In all the gang carried out eight robberies in Naples and Castel Volturno between March and December 2014 while Carabinieri foiled many other planned thefts by the gang.
    During the crackdown Carabinieri seized seven waistcoats with fake Carabinieri and finance police identification, a starter pistol and 10 fake police berets.
    The 13 were charged with belonging to a criminal gang set up to carry out thefts and burglaries, using weapons illegally and pretending to be police officers.