A wanted Mafia Godfather was busted after breaching Italy's tough Coronavirus lockdown to go for a smoke.

Cesare Antonio Cordi, 42, boss of the bloody Cordi clan who are behind several murders as well as controlling prostitution and drug rackets was nabbed by cops early yesterday.

3 Cesare Antonio Cordi, 42, boss of the bloody Cordi clan, was busted after breaching Italy's tough coronavirus lockdown for a cigarette

3 The wanted Mafia Godfather was wandering along the streets of Bruzzano Zeffirio near Locri, in Italy when the cops snapped him Credit: AFP or licensors

Officers had spotted Cordi puffing on a cigarette in the early hours as he wandered along the street with shopping bags at Bruzzano Zeffirio near Locri.

The area is home to the infamous organised crime gang of the 'ndrangheta who are more ruthless and bloodthirsty than their Sicilian counterparts.

Cops stopped him to ask why he was breaching the tough lockdown measures brought in to combat the killer bug outbreak and were stunned when they discovered who he was.

He had been on the run since last August after a judge issued an arrest warrant for him and he was thought to be hiding in a series of safe houses with underground bunkers.

Footage released by the police later showed armed cops trawling through a house he had been hiding in as they searched for accomplices and weapons.

'NO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE'

A police spokesman in Locri said: "Cordi was spotted in the early hours by a patrol making sure the stay at home decree was being followed."

"He was smoking a cigarette and carrying shopping bags but officers decided to stop him to make sure he was carrying paperwork entitling him to be out."

"When they questioned him they recognised him immediately and they called back up and he was arrested with the help of colleagues."

"He made no attempt to escape."

Cesare took off as Godfather of the clan after his father Antonio nicknamed the accountant died in prison in 2007 while serving a life sentence for Mafia association.

3 Police forces Locri and Bianco raided the hideout of the Mafia Godfather Credit: Youtube/czinforma

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Meanwhile it also emerged yesterday that 24 nuns had to be evacuated by helicopter from a remote convent at Tortona in north west Italy after testing positive.

The mother superior at the Little Sisters of Mercy raised the alarm late on Thursday night after she reported several nuns had a temperature and fever.

They were taken to hospital while another 20 sisters at the nunnery were asked to monitor themselves and report any symptoms.

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