(ANSA) - Cagliari, April 10 - Police on Tuesday said they had
busted a "mafia-like" gang operating in and around the Sardinian
city of Nuoro.
Five people were arrested and several others placed under
house arrest, police sources said.
Those arrested are suspected of setting fires and damaging
property in order to get waste disposal contracts, police said
after the Scorched Earth operation.
Mafia-like gang busted in Sardinia (2)
5 arrests