Maximum security at Vesuvius case hearing

~ Pro-forma sitting set for June 6 ~

PHILIPSBURG--Security was at a maximum in and outside the Courthouse on Wednesday when seven suspects in the so-called Vesuvius case were led before a Judge in the Court of First Instance.

Crush barriers formed an effective cordon around the Courthouse, guarded from all sides by police officers during the six-hour hearing of the suspects, who are held as very dangerous criminals.

The large-scale Vesuvius investigations involve the killing of four persons, while several others had been shot at. During the investigations, which are still ongoing, the police confiscated 17 automatic firearms, 600 shells, bulletproof vests, wigs, masks, pressure guns and silence...