With his face covered and armed with a blank pistol, he broke into a pharmacy in Monserrato and made them hand over all the takings before fleeing on a scooter.

But the joy of the successful robbery lasted less than two hours , the time needed by the Carabinieri of the Sestu and Monserrato stations to identify him, track him down and arrest him.

The robbery took place in the early afternoon in the pharmacy on Via San Lorenzo . The military, after hearing witnesses and viewing images from video surveillance cameras, immediately identified the perpetrator, a 45-year-old local man already under house arrest .

At the man's home, the carabinieri found both the dog swatter and the scooter used to escape. And the arrest was made, the 45-year-old was taken to Uta prison, charged with aggravated robbery and escape .

(Unioneonline/L)

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