A judge in the northern city of
Piacenza on Thursday rejected requests for the release from jail
of a group of allegedly rogue Carabinieri police officers.
Six Carabinieri from the Stazione Levante barracks in Piacenza
were arrested last week on charges of drug pushing, extortion
and torture.
Prosecutors said they had acted "like a fully fledged criminal
gang", supplying local pushers during the cornavirus lockdown.
A civilian probed in the case allegedly said in a wiretapped
conversation that the cops' methods reminded him of the Campania
mafia TV hit Gomorra.
The barracks has been impounded and the six suspended from duty.
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