Heavily-armed robbers posing as police blocked an Italian highway and blew up an armoured van during a brazen raid in southern Italy, before exchanging gunfire with police.
The attack unfolded on State Road 613 in the Puglia region, where masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles shut down the road in front of shocked motorists.
The gang blocked the road by setting a truck on fire, while using vehicles with flashing lights to impersonate police and move in on the armoured van.
Shocking robbery this morning in Tuturano, Brindisi, heel of Italy.
A cash van was stopped on the road by burning lorry and fake police cars.
Robbers with heavy weapons used explosives to get in the van…
pic.twitter.com/j0LNYJPpLc— Chris Ogilvie (@Ogilvie_CJ) February 9, 2026
