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Italian officers arrested for lockdown abuses, other crimes

| July 22, 2020 8:03 AM

MILAN (AP) — Seven Carabinieri officers were arrested in northern Italy Wednesday for allegedly helping drug dealers evade the country's coronavirus lockdown to obtain supplies and for alleged abuses of power dating back several years, including the extortion and torture of suspects.

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