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'Ndrangheta, the bunker in the attic and a Kalashnikov next to it. «I heard the police and I hid»
The repentant Antonio Accorinti tells of the "brilliant idea" of building a hideout in his house to escape the blitz of the police
Published: 11/17/2024 – 18:32
'Ndrangheta, the bunker in the attic and a Kalashnikov next to it. «I heard the police and I hid»
VIBO VALENTIA He had managed to escape the blitz of the police, barricading himself in the bunker of his home. Next to him a Kalashnikov and a small arsenal of pistols and rifles. The operation, called Olimpo and started at dawn on January 26, 2023, would have led to the arrest of 56 people, many of whom were leading members of the Vibo 'ndrangheta operating along the Costa degli Dei. Among them was Antonio Accorinti , who initially managed to "escape" the blitz of the agents by using a secret room built specifically in his apartment. The same one who, shortly thereafter, after being captured by the police, would become one of the most important collaborators of justice in the Province.
The weapons and the “gift” to Pantaleone Mancuso
Heard in court during the Maestrale Carthago trial , in the hearings of the past few weeks, the informer recounts the arsenal at the disposal of the Mellusos and his “methods” to avoid capture during operations by the police. A ploy that, if it “worked” the first time, did not fool the agents during the second search of the house, when Accorinti was found right inside the bunker together with various weapons: a Kalashnikov, ammunition of various calibers, pistols and a rifle . In particular, the Kalashnikov, the informer reports, had been given to him by a person “who had a construction company in Zambrone. Before Costa Pulita's arrest we shared some weapons with him”. Weapons that “we stole in that robbery in Parghelia from a house, after the rifle I gave it to them and the pistol I gave to Pantaleone Mancuso ”.
The «brilliant idea» of the bunker
Precisely because of these relationships with the owner of the company, Accorinti allegedly had the "brilliant idea" of building a bunker during the renovation of his house. "While he was doing the work, when they came to supervise it and take measurements, we had the brilliant idea, given the position of this attic, that we could make a bunker . We were renovating the bathroom, we worked hard and studied how it could be done," says the informer. It is thanks to this "hiding place" that he manages to avoid the first arrest. "In January, during Operation Olimpo, I was under house arrest. I heard the police arriving, I hid inside the bunker, I managed to close it well and I was not found despite the long search ." The investigative instinct of the agents hit the mark during the second search, with the informer captured with a real arsenal next to him. Not kept for war purposes in case of arrest, but to "keep" them in a safe place. «When this bunker was built, he (the owner of the company, ed.) told me: let's put that thing there, at least it'll be safe here and won't get ruined». ( Ma.Ru. )
