Rome: An elderly smuggler gang in Italy has been carrying out robbery incidents in Italy for some time. Like the crime series, this gang which escapes every time was finally caught. All the members of the robbery gang are above 60 years of age. This gang, which became active at the age of retirement, has given a tough challenge to the police in recent years.
In Italy, the police have busted an armed gang which had committed several robberies. The specialty of this gang is that there is no youth in it. All are retired senior citizens, aged between 60 and 70. This gang was so vicious that its members have not been caught till now. He used to escape even from CCTV. He had been robbing post offices in and around Rome for a long time.
There are a total of eight members in the gang. There are three master minds. He is the one who plans the entire robbery. Apart from this there are three experts. He does research and uses technology when needed. The lock breaker is an accused, who is 66 years old. Two digs. Its job is to make tunnel. It creates tunnels in such a way that the work is completed with minimum noise.
This gang of eight members entered the post offices of Rome and looted crores of rupees. After committing the robbery, he used to run away taking advantage of his advancing age. Looking at this gang, no one would be able to guess that they are dangerous robbers. The last robbery this gang committed in Rome was worth Rs 1.74 crore. The gang had also earlier targeted an armored jeep carrying money to an ATM.
Finally, when he was about to run away after looting Rs 1.36 crore from a post office in Rome, the police caught him red handed. Police received information that two such robberies worth crores had already been planned and this robbery was to take place in the coming days. The court, after looking at the criminal records of the gang members, sentenced them to four years each.