Carabinieri raided Bitti, Calangianus, and Buddusò in the early hours of this morning. Officers from the Bitti Company, with the support of the Sardinian Hunters Helicopter Squadron, the Nuoro Provincial Command's Squadron Units, and the Nuoro, Siniscola, Tempio Pausania, and Ozieri companies, carried out a major anti-crime operation that led to the arrest of four people.
The four men, all Italian nationals, were held in custody following a warrant issued by the investigating judge of the Nuoro Court, at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The suspects are charged, to varying degrees, with aggravated robbery, receiving stolen goods, theft, and illegal possession and carrying of weapons.
The Carabinieri investigation has allowed them to reconstruct in detail the attack on the Bitti post office that took place on September 2nd last year, a particularly violent and precisely planned attack.
According to reports, the gang first stole an excavator and a van, then used the vehicle to uproot the ATM from the post office building. Once the ATM was loaded onto the van, the criminals were involved in an accident while fleeing. This unexpected event forced them to quickly change strategy: with the help of an accomplice and the use of a tractor, the gang managed to recover the ATM and escape with the loot, estimated at approximately €81,000.
The investigation was not limited to the perpetrators of the robbery. Simultaneously with the arrests, the Carabinieri conducted personal and home searches of two other individuals believed to be connected to the suspects.
During the operation , explosives, detonators, detonators, a machine gun, several rifles, and illegally held ammunition were seized, along with narcotics, cash, and stolen property. This picture, according to investigators, confirms the existence of a complex criminal network active in both property crimes and drug trafficking.
