Sixty-five kilos of explosives , in a garage of a villa in Casal di Principe , on via Pisa, in the province of Caserta. A quantity such that, according to experts, it could have caused a massacre .
The procurement for the retail sale of firecrackers and fireworks in preparation for New Year's Eve has already begun and the carabinieri found the devices in the home of an unsuspecting person, an 18-year-old with no criminal record, in a residential area.
The military had collected several clues with the rumor that was already circulating in the city and so they decided to visit the young man with no criminal record. In the garage the discovery that surprised the military themselves. All unconventional devices - from "traditional" onions to small canisters - for a total of 1,213 pieces.
The intervention of the Naples Carabinieri bomb disposal unit was necessary, which secured the area before being able to seize the explosive: hours of work to be able to operate safely among the homes of unaware citizens who unknowingly risked their lives.
The 18-year-old was arrested and will have to answer for illegal possession of explosive material .
(Unioneonline/vl)
