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The perpetrators of the robberies in pharmacies have been arrested: they are a couple of offenders

A couple arrested. On Thursday 22 July, personnel from the Mobile of the Cuneo Police Headquarters and the soldiers of the Carabinieri Company of Bra, arrested two people held responsible for three robberies in the Cuneo area in the last few weeks to the detriment of as many Pharmacies: CG class ’90 and his partner PR class ’78

The investigations were launched jointly by the State Police and the Carabinieri, after the respective interventions carried out in the businesses affected by the robberies, which took place between 8 and 12 July against the municipal pharmacy of Castiglione Falletto and two pharmacies in Cuneo, all consumed by a completely misrepresented man, who, under the threat of a knife, had the owners deliver the entire daily income for a total loot of about 4 thousand euros.

The investigations, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Asti – Dr. Laura Deodato – allowed the investigators to acquire serious evidence of guilt against the couple regarding the commission of the robberies and also to reveal their modus operandi. In particular, the couple used to first carry out inspections with their car to identify the target to hit, then the man got out of the vehicle, misrepresenting himself with a surgical mask, a baseball cap, sunglasses, gloves. latex and a choker (the latter used despite the high summer temperatures to hide particular distinctive signs such as tattoos) and threatening the owners with a knife, they were made to deliver the entire collection of the day, and then flee on board of the car driven by the woman who performed the task of driver and “post”.

The investigations carried out also made it possible to presume that the monitored couple could hit even more targets and then flee with the collection.

These elements, namely the serious indications of guilt in relation to the commission of the three robberies and the danger of escape, allowed the Public Prosecutor to issue a decree of arrest of a suspect of crime, a measure that was carried out in Alba on the afternoon of Thursday 22 July, while the two were in their car.

The searches carried out in the phases contextual to the arrest made it possible to find and seize a backpack placed on the car used by the suspects containing latex gloves, a baseball cap, a crew neck and a long-sleeved shirt as well as, at the woman’s home , a knife very similar to the one used during robberies and cash deemed to be the proceeds of illicit activities.

The two arrested were carried out respectively, CG with precedents in the field of crimes against property, at the Asti prison, while PR, with precedents for the crimes of injuries and injuries, under house arrest. The arrest of the suspect was validated by the Asti GIP on Friday 23 July who simultaneously applied the precautionary measures in accordance with the requests of the investigating body.

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