Army: three arrests in the land of fires

19/04/15

Casal di Principe (CE). Military of the Army of the 21 Regiment Genio Guastatori of Caserta and carabinieri of the local station, arrested, in flagranza of crime, for "illicit combustion of refuse", three Romanian citizens all in Italy without fixed abode.

The military employed in the specific service of prevention and contrast of the bonfires of waste and illicit conduct under the "pact for the land of fires", together with the military of the weapon intervened, blocked the three immediately after setting a fire to the road margins.

The combustion involved special waste of various types previously collected, differentiated and stored in that site, pending removal by the staff of the municipality of Casal di Principe.

The flames were tamed by the Firemen of Aversa (CE).

The arrested, however, have been subjected to house arrest pending the celebration of the direct judgment before the competent judicial authorities.

With those of today, since the beginning of the current year, the people arrested on the territory of the Province of Caserta go up to 17.

For the person in charge of the Ministry of the Interior, dott. Donato Cafagna, the arrests of today are the result of the effectiveness of the controls carried out in the territory by the military in close contact with the police and the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Caserta on this occasion. A daily commitment, that of the military and law enforcement agencies, which hits in an incisive and concrete manner those who still consider it more advantageous to dispose of and illegally burn waste, without taking care of the damage it causes.

Source: Army General Staff