Six individuals, including four aged 66 to 75, were arrested by the Italian police. The gang is believed to be responsible for robbing a post office in the Roman district of San Giovanni.
The figure of the gang, Italo De Witt, aged 70 and nicknamed “the German”, was also arrested. De Witt became famous for his robbery of the Credito Italiano bank, in Plaza de España, in the historic heart of from Rome, in 1995. He was sentenced to several prison terms, the longest of which was 15 years for jewelry store thefts.