"Safe Roads" soldiers in action in the capital

06/09/14

In the evening of Wednesday, a military patrol of soldiers, active at the 11 ° regiment genius guards of Foggia (FG), used in the Operation "Safe Roads" - group "Rome" to guide brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", during return journey from the service, at Via Ostiense, assisted the personnel involved in a road accident with two deaths and three seriously injured and assisted the police in managing the event.

In the same evening, at the exchange node Anagnina, an effective patrol at the command and tactical support unit "Granatieri di Sardegna" that operates in the ambit of the aforementioned operation together with the police, stopped a man who ran away from their sight.

The detainee was undocumented and in possession of 30 g of marijuana; brought to the barracks by the CC, following investigations, it appeared to be of Moldavian citizenship and was placed under arrest.

The "Granatieri di Sardegna" brigade, in addition to being used in training and operating activities at national and international level, since August of the 2008, reinforced by structures of other units, as in this case the engineers of the 11 regiment, participates in the 4000 army men at the "Safe Roads" operation on the territoriality of the city of Rome, coordinated by the 2 command of the defense forces (2 ° FOD) of San Giorgio a Cremano, in competition and jointly with the security forces to guarantee of security and prevention of petty crime in the capital.

Source: Army Majority Staff