Lecco, the new chapter of the Baby Gang case: dawn raids, accusations of weapons and robbery. And that phrase in court that now weighs like a boulder.

The men of the Carabinieri knock on a room: it is yet another judicial chapter of Mouhib Zaccaria, known as Baby Gang. In Lecco, a large operation is underway, consisting of precautionary custody orders and a chain of searches. In the middle, once again, is the cumbersome name of the trapper who at the beginning of the month, in court in Milano, had whispered: “Enough now, just music.” Words spoken on March 4, 2026, after a sentence of 2 years and 8 months for receiving stolen goods and possession of a gun with the serial number erased. Words that, today, return as a bitter counterpoint.

The new arrest: what the investigators are contesting

According to what has been made known, the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Lecco have executed several precautionary measures, simultaneously carrying out “numerous searches” concerning Baby Gang and individuals believed to be close to him. The charges hanging over the rapper are serious: illegal possession of firearms and robbery. This is an investigative thread that, in terms of setup and timing, appears connected to the investigative inquiry that emerged in previous months and led to the arrests on September 11, 2025, when the trapper was stopped in a hotel in Milano with a clandestine gun and, subsequently, two more weapons were found in his home in the Lecco area. On that occasion, the Carabinieri executed four precautionary custody orders against other individuals linked to an alleged network of weapons and drugs. Today, the investigators return to focus on that front.

The significant precedent: the “gun in the napkin holder” and the sentence of March 4

The context is essential to understand the judicial framework. On March 4, 2026, Judge Chiara Valori (Prosecutor's Office of Milano, prosecutor Maura Ripamonti) sentenced Baby Gang to 2 years and 8 months in a fast-track trial for receiving stolen goods and possession of a firearm with a serial number removed. This proceeding stems from the raid on September 11, 2025: the military, engaged along the Lecco–Milano axis in a broader investigation directed by the Prosecutor's Office of Lecco, found a semi-automatic weapon hidden in an unusual hiding place, a napkin holder, in the trapper's hotel room. Subsequently, the defense reported that the 24-year-old justified the possession of the weapon by saying he had a “fear of being robbed.” After the arrest in September, the precautionary measure was initially imprisonment; in the autumn, the investigating judge granted house arrest with an electronic bracelet in a therapeutic community in the Milan area, as part of a detoxification process. The picture, in short, was that of a young artist who, according to his lawyers, was trying to sever ties with a “pathological fascination for weapons.” The sentence, delivered twelve days ago, seemed to herald a change of pace. Today, however, the Lecco investigation reignites the spotlight.

What do we know about the 2025 operation on weapons and drugs

To understand today's crackdown, it is useful to return to September 2025. On that day, the patrols of the provincial command of Lecco not only arrested Baby Gang, but also carried out searches and precautionary measures against a small group, largely related to each other, suspected of cocaine trafficking (an estimated flow of about 10–12 thousand euros per month) and possession of weapons, including military-grade ones. In one part of the investigation, an AK-47 of former Czechoslovak manufacture – a fully functional weapon – was also linked to the world of music videos associated with Baby Gang and his colleague Simba La Rue. A detail that, for investigators, suggested a constant dialogue between artistic imagery and actual availability of weapons. From that investigation, which began in January 2024, the first charges took shape that are now back in the spotlight.

A layered judicial profile: from the shooting in Corso Como to appeal overturns

The name of Baby Gang has been at the center of Lombard judicial news for years. The trial for the shooting between July 2 and 3, 2022 on via Tocqueville (near Corso Como, Milan) – an incident that injured two young Senegalese – has seen, over time, sentences and adjustments: initially heavy sentences for the trapper and Simba La Rue; then, in Appeal (July 9, 2024), the dismissal of the robbery charge and the reduction of sentences; therefore, for Zaccaria Mouhib, a related conviction that became final and partially served under probation with social services. The significant fact today, according to Corriere della Sera, is that as of March 4, 2026, Baby Gang was still under probation for the events of 2022, while receiving a new sentence for the gun and, a few days later, was hit by new measures from the Prosecutor's Office of Lecco. A layering that tells of a constant and problematic relationship between the artist and the courts.