(ANSA) - CATANIA, NOVEMBER 16 - Twelve people were arrested by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Catania as part of an anti-drug operation. A precautionary custody order was carried out against them at the request of the DDA which hypothesizes, for various reasons, the crimes of mafia-type association, association for the purpose of other drug trafficking and drug dealing with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method.
The group, according to the indictment, was selling hashish, cocaine and marijuana in Catania, Syracuse and Malta. The amazing substance was imported from Albania, Holland, Calabria and Puglia. During the investigation three men were arrested as they unloaded from aauto cardboard boxes with the brand of a well-known pasta manufacturer that contained 242 kilograms of hashish.
As part of the various stages of the investigation, called 'Alter ego', the carabinieri seized a total of drugs for an estimated value of approximately 5 million euros.
The investigations of the military of the operational nucleus of the Catania Piazza Dante company also made it possible to outline the role covered by prominent figures of Mafia families within the Etna criminal scenario, putting into light relations, contacts and dynamics referring to the trafficking of large quantities of drugs and their supply. .
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