In Fiorano Modenese (MO) a 63-year-old poacher was caught returning from a hunting trip with weapons and other illegal material.
In recent days, the Carabinieri of the Maranello station stopped a sixty-three year old from Fiorano Modenese (MO) returning from a night hunting trip with a modified weapon and other illegal material.
The poacher was stopped following an investigation activity, together with staff of the Provincial Police, in the locality of Fiorano Modenese while on board his car he was returning from night hunting; during the audit Binoculars, a recall whistle, four hunting knives and an ax were found in the man's possession.
Furthermore, the poacher, having seen himself now discovered, provided the Police with precise indications to find his own weapon which he had previously hidden; in particular, following the instructions of the man, the Carabinieri and the Provincial Police agents were able to find, inside a cottage near a wooded area, a 22 caliber carbine, equipped with a night vision scope, ammunition of the same caliber and a silencer.
The rifle and ammunition were found to be regularly detained by the arrested subject but it was reported on the loose for violation of the legislation on the protection of fauna and relative hunting as well as alteration of a firearm and use of illegal means for hunting and everything found in his possession was seized.