Carabinieri in Avellino and Atripalda have arrested two people after finding them in possession of electronic identity cards with their microchips removed.
According to IrpiniaNews, the first case involves a 42-year-old from Avellino, who presented an electronic identity card without its microchip during a police check. The second involves a 34-year-old from Atripalda, who was found with an identity card altered in the same manner.
Both documents were seized. The two suspects were placed under house arrest following formal procedures, by order of the Avellino Public Prosecutor's Office.
The alleged conduct concerns the possession and manufacture of false identification documents. Removing the microchip can prevent automated verification of the biometric and digital data stored on the electronic identity card.
The cases remain at the preliminary-investigation stage. No names have been released, no court outcome beyond the initial house-arrest measure has been reported, and guilt has not been established by a final conviction.
