Vast police operation, with over 500 officers, across the country against youth gangs.
The provinces affected are those of Arezzo, Bari, Catania, Genoa, Milan, Modena, Naples, Palermo, Padua, Pescara, Reggio-Emilia, Rovigo, Salerno and Verona, the scene of recent criminal episodes attributable to youth criminal groups.
About forty people, of whom around 25% were minors, were arrested and around 70 were reported, of which a third were minors.
Pistols, edged weapons, brass knuckles and hundreds of doses of drugs were seized, some of which were near an educational institution, and various sums of money for a total of around 10,000 euros, mostly coming from drug dealing.
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