Italian police have captured a major organised crime figure at a farmhouse on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius after he had spent 15 years on the run.
Minister Roberto Maroni said the fugitive, Salvatore Russo, is a Camorra crime syndicate boss who has been convicted of several murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Police said Russo had several weapons, including an Uzi and a pistol, when they found him in a hiding space behind a wall on the farm during a raid today.
Investigators say Russo headed a crime clan based in Nola, a town north-east of Naples. They say his older brother Pasquale has been a fugitive since 1995.