Maxi police blitz against baby gangs: 40 arrests, weapons and drugs seized
The State Police is engaged in a vast operation in 14 Italian provinces, the scene of recent episodes of violence attributable to youth criminal groups. About forty people were arrested, a quarter of these are minors. Officers seized guns, edged weapons and brass knuckles, hundreds of doses of drugs and several sums of money.

A large-scale operation by the State Police< is taking place in these hours a i=4> which is employing over 500 operators coordinated by the Central Operational Service in 14 provinces (Arezzo, Bari, Catania, Genoa, Milan, Modena, Naples , Palermo, Padua, Pescara, Reggio-Emilia, Rovigo, Salerno and Verona) which have been the scene of recent episodes of violence attributable to youth criminal groups. About forty people were arrested, of whom around 25% were minors. Those reported, however, would be around 70, of which a third are minors.