Italian police on Friday arrested two top Calabrian mafia or 'Ndrangheta fugitives holed up in a luxury bunker near Reggio Calabria filled with weapons.
Giuseppe Ferraro had been on the run since 1998 while Giuseppe Crea had been at large since 2006.
Forty-seven-year-old Ferraro has been sentenced to life in prison for murder and mafia association, while Crea, 37, has been convicted of mafia association.
The bunker was fitted out with a kitchen and all mod cons and police seized a haul of weapons from it, including a machine gun and several rifles and pistols.
Italy's interior minister Angelino Alfano hailed the arrests.
"Today is another wonderful day for everyone and for the country because justice has won once again," he stated.
The president of the Italian parliament's anti-mafia commission, Rosy Bindi said the arrests were "a heavy blow to the 'Ndrangheta in the province of Reggio Calabria".
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