Italian police take two watches from hands of God

DIEGO MARADONA had some time on his hands near Naples until Italy’s tax police took two Rolex watches from the Argentine soccer legend to chip away at his $38.5m bill in unpaid income taxes.

“We were surprised he was wearing them because he knows that when he comes to Italy he risks losing something,” said Tax Police Maj. Geremia Guercia speaking by phone from the Naples suburb of Giugliano In Campania.

Guercia said he went up to Maradona on Tuesday evening at the end of a news conference before a benefit appearance and asked him to come to the tax police station. Maradona was wearing a Rolex on each wrist, Guercia said.