(ANSA) - Catanzaro, April 20 - Police on Friday arrested the
alleged members of a gang that carried out a paramilitary style
assault on a security company vault in the southern city of
Catanzaro in December 2016 to steal loot worth over eight
million euros.
The gang used machines guns, sophisticated electronic
equipment and a bulldozer to bash down walls to get to the
vault.
They also set alight 11 cars to block a road and get away.
The charges against the people arrested on Friday also
feature mafia methods as an aggravating factor as part of the
haul is thought to have gone to families belonging to Calabria's
'Ndrangheta crime syndicate.
An employee of the security company is suspected of
facilitating the heist.
Gang busted over 'paramilitary' heist (2)
Group used machine guns, bulldozer in assault on vault