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Rome Officers Arrested for Stealing €36,000 During House Search

A Mobile Squad probe reveals the officers used their police badges to trick two homeowners before pilfering nearly €36,000 from a bedroom safe.

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Overview

  • The alleged theft took place on March 27 at an apartment on via Carmelo Maestrini in the Mostacciano district.
  • The three officers are assigned to the Salario Parioli Commissariat and face charges including illicit search and robbery.
  • Prosecutors say they ordered the homeowners to remain in the living room while they used carried keys to open and relock the bedroom safe.
  • Authorities have also implicated an Albanian citizen in the proceedings surrounding the March incident.
  • All suspects were placed under house arrest following a swift operation by the Squadra Mobile acting on orders from Rome’s Public Prosecutor’s Office.