Anti-drug operation in the Messina area, Carabinieri operation: 12 arrests
It led to eleven arrests in prison and one under house arrest for, in various capacities, association aimed at the trafficking of narcotic substances And possession and dealing of narcotics the anti-drug operation of the carabiniericoordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Messina which discovered a drug dealing ring between Messina and Torregrotta.
The operation is the result of an investigation conducted by the Carabinieri of the Milazzo Company from which the operation of a partnership emerged, dedicated to the sale, TorregrottaOf cocaine, crack, hashish And marijuana.
The carabinieri discovered that the drugs were sold to buyers in the area or from Milazzo and other municipalities in the Mamertine area, from Messina And Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. The investigations were started by the police following reports from some citizens.
It emerged that the suspects would have carried out this intense drug dealing activity, through division into roles. Chief promoters of the group, a Messinatwo people who, through a dense network of couriers and couriers, would have supplied drugs to their associates in Torregrotta, for retail dealing.
The operational base was the apartment of a suspect, who, despite being under house arrest, allegedly managed the retail sale of drugs also making use of the home of his mother, who was also the recipient of the precautionary measure, to hide the drugs and store the money proceeds from the illicit activity, which would then be divided among his associates.
In most cases, the doses would have been cdelivered inside his homein others, however, launched directly from the apartment windows and received “on the fly” by buyers. The various methods with which the organization attempted to avoid Carabinieri checks were identified, such as hiding drugs under the padding of helmets.
During the investigative activity, the carabinieri arrested flagrant crime four suspects for possession for the purpose of dealing narcotic substances, later recipients of the precautionary measure.
The investigation also made it possible to identify numerous drug usersreported to the Prefecture for possession of narcotics for personal use, and to seize overall, in the various services carried out, over 600 grams of narcoticsincluding cocaine, crack, hashish and marijuana.
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