Mogliano, theft with the embrace technique: recognized and reported

The carabinieri stop a 27-year-old: citizens had warned the central about a suspicious car on the Pontebbana. Moved was the old woman who had the gold necklace returned

MOGLIANO. He had robbed an old woman, taking away a gold chain with the hug technique, but it was recognized, stopped and reported.

The carabinieri of Mogliano deferred a 27-year-old from the province of Venice to the state of freedom for the crime of receiving stolen goods.

The girl, already known to the police, was intercepted in the late Saturday morning on board a car – reported as “suspicious” by some citizens who called “112” reporting their doubts to the operations center of the command provincial carabinieri of Treviso – on Pontebbana, while he was in the company of two other women, who turned out to be his relatives.

A quick glance was enough for the military patrol of the Arma to notice the showy gold chain that the young woman wore around her neck and then verify, on the outcome of the investigations, that the jewel was the loot of a theft against a elderly shop assistant in the previous hours.

With the now well-known “embrace technique”, an 83-year-old from a suburb of Treviso attracted to the backyard with the excuse of asking for information, the jewel found by the carabinieri, worth about a thousand euros, was stolen. then recognized, with evident relief, by the legitimate owner who, moved, thanked the operating carabinieri.

Once again, the collaboration between citizens and police forces is fundamental for the success of the operation.