Sassari, a shopkeeper was robbed near the station: "So I investigated and got everything back."

The purse disappeared in an instant. At night, on Corso Vico in Sassari, a stone's throw from the train station, Luciano Dedola, owner of the eponymous bar, had closed his shop and gotten into his car. "I opened the door and a thug took my wallet, documents, house keys, and bar keys," he recalls.

The incident occurred a few days ago. The thief, who had an accomplice, fled on foot while the other disappeared on a scooter. "I tried to chase them, but it was no use. They were in their twenties, and I'm 60," says Dedola, who was then forced to spend the night in front of his property, until morning, to prevent them from stealing again. "Those two had been standing in front of the house for days, monitoring our movements and our schedules."

A veritable "spy" effort that, in the end, bears fruit. At least for a short time. Because this affair brings with it a second part that goes beyond the reports, first to the state police and then to the Carabinieri, and the understandable anger of the merchant. "We had to personally commit ourselves to recovering everything," Luciano states.

A small odyssey undertaken through the neighborhood streets, the historic center, and the drug dealing squares, confabulating with knowledgeable figures, between the Civic Market and Piazza Tola. A borderline network whose threads connect to others, in a web that leads far away, into the partially unknown city. "In the end, we ended up at a reception center and asked there." The outcome was a happy one: the bag with its contents appeared out of nowhere, and everything was returned to its rightful owner.

"But it was a risk. What could have happened to us in the meantime?" Someone might have disliked it, perhaps misunderstood the requests, and perhaps even attacked. "I, not trusting, changed the locks anyway, paying hundreds of euros." What lesson did he learn? "I tell everyone to be safe, to be careful. It really doesn't take much to get robbed." Also because, understandably, not everyone is willing to travel across Sassari to find what was stolen.