Isola Capo Rizzuto (ANTARA News/AKI) - Italian police on Tuesday arrested one of the Calabrian mafia`s most wanted members thanks to his use of the social networking website Facebook.

Police arrested Pasquale Manfredi, an alleged mafia killer, in the southern Calabrian town of Isola Capo Rizzuto, after they pinpointed his location via his frequent visits to Facebook using a pre-paid pen drive.

Thirty-three-year-old Manfredi, knicknamed `Scarface` had been on the run since last November and was among the country`s 100 `most dangerous` fugitives.

When police raided the apartment building in Isola Capo Rizzuto where he had been living, Manfredi tried to escape across the roof but surrendered after he was surrounded.

Investigators described Manfredi as "cold and calculating". Besides murder charges, he faces charges of arms trafficking and extortion.

Investigators believe he may have attended a training camp near the northern Italian city of Pavia, better known as a quaint university town, where the alleged killer learned to use bazookas and other heavy weapons. (*)

Editor: B Kunto Wibisono
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