He digs a suspicious tunnel, karma makes him pay

Caught red-handed, or almost. Suspected thief arrested in Rome, on August 11, 2022, even before he could rob the bank he had in his sights. If he was not caught red-handed, it is because the police picked him up inside the tunnel that he was digging for presumably rob the safe. According to information from the Italian daily Roma Corrierethe firefighters had to dig a hole in the asphalt to reach the 50-year-old man who was six meters deep.

The rescue lasted nine hours

Buried under hundreds of kilos of earth and building materials after the tunnel collapsed, he was rescued after nine long hours. The operation cost €70,000. “Two men, from Naples, were arrested for resisting a public officer and two others, from Rome, were arrested for the damage caused, one of which is the one who was in the hole and is now in hospital “indicated the press service of the rescuers, before adding: “The investigation is still ongoing, we do not exclude that they are thieves, it is one of the hypotheses”.

According to local media, quoted by the newspaper The Parisianthe man and his accomplices, who were arrested near the empty store under which they were digging the tunnel, are suspected of having targeted a nearby bank and planned to enter it at the end of the week, at the end of the week. occasion of August 15, the feast of the Assumption, when all of Italy stops. “No one had really paid attention because this store had been rented out and everyone thought it was being restructured, besides there was no noise“, testified to AFP TV a resident of the building overlooking the collapsed part of the tunnel. An investigation is underway.