Two poachers were reported, following investigations by the State Forestry Corps of the Provincial Command of Ancona, for poaching, illegal possession of weapons and possession of prohibited means of capture.
During an operation that began last April and which involved the agents of the Sassoferrato Forest Station Commands, Genga, Fabriano, Arcevia and Jesi as well as the Environmental and Forestry Police Investigative Unit of Ancona and with the collaboration two poachers, a 55-year-old farmer from Castelleone di Suasa (AN) and a 65-year-old retired former artisan from Genga, were reported by the supervisory staff of the Gola della Rossa and Frasassi Regional Park Authority, for illegal hunting in the parks natural activities practiced with prohibited means and in a period of general prohibition, killing of animal species and introduction of illegal means of capture as well as alteration of weapons, omitted custody of weapons, possession of weapons and bullet ammunition not reported to the Public Security authority. All the material found in the possession and availability of the two poachers following a search was seized against them by the Forestry.
The two subjects had ended up in the crosshairs of the Police forces as early as last March following the discovery of some traps, five laces for capturing wild animals, positioned within the Regional Park of the Gola della Rossa and Frasassi.
The investigation activity made it possible to identify the perpetrators of the poaching activity in the two subjects in question, therefore the Forestry was able to request a specific search and seizure decree from the Public Prosecutor of Ancona then carried out during the operation.
The first search made it possible to find and confiscate two carbines and three shotguns, some of which equipped with silencers, five aiming optics, four of which are suitable for night shooting, 122 bullet cartridges of various calibers not reported to the Public Safety Authority. , twelve metal laces identical to those found in the woods, four two-way radio devices, ten sacks of frozen meat belonging to game presumably wild boar and roe deer, a handcrafted cage trap and various hunting equipment such as torches, supports, tripods, and forks for stretch the laces and wire.
The second search also gave a positive result as in the availability of the second suspect 175 bullet cartridges and 165 broken ammunition of various calibers were found as well as gunpowder not reported to the PS Authority, an artisanal silencer adaptable to a rifle. hunting, eight shotguns of various types including semi-automatic, side-by-side and carbines, an unreported Browning semi-automatic shotgun left unattended in an open and easily accessible room, four night visors and pointers, a crossbow complete with dart and hunting tip, traps including two traps, four metal laces and a snap cage used for the fraudulent capture of game, three two-way radios, and also in this case frozen game meat showing evident injuries caused by a firearm.
The Provincial Commander of the Forestry Corps of the State of Ancona, Giancarlo D'Amato, commented at the press conference on the operation, "We are making further investigations to discover the danger of the ammunition found and possibly hypothesize the most serious crime of possession of weapons of war ".