He had been on the run since last May: he had disposed of his electronic bracelet.
And he was wanted to serve a definitive sentence of three years and six months in prison, for a series of thefts and receiving stolen goods.
But Alessio Banchiero, 31 years old from Cagliari, had not left the island.
Yesterday afternoon, the men of the captive section of the capital's Flying Squad found him hidden in a villa with a swimming pool in the Quartu countryside.
He was in the company of a woman, the owner of the property, who had been hosting him for a few days: she was reported for aiding and abetting.
When the Mobile agents entered the garden surrounding the house, the man, barefoot and in pajamas, tried to jump from a balcony to escape.
But then he gave up.
Once stopped he lied about his generality: he pretended that he wasn't the person they were looking for.
Banker is now in Uta prison.
A precautionary custody order was also carried out against him in prison for persecutory acts against his ex-partner.
The 31-year-old had been sentenced in abbreviated first instance as part of the Dama operation which had vanquished a gang dedicated to drug dealing in the Sant'Elia district.
For these accusations Banker will have to appeal.