They also delivered the substance in full lockdown, using rental scooters.
Couriers disguised as riders reached customers, including characters from "Roma bene"
, to give them the rape drug after receiving the order on Whatsapp. For five pushers the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office requested and obtained immediate judgment: the trial is set for next January 18th. An investigation carried out in record time after the investigations by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Rome. For the group of drug dealers on 21 September the arrests were triggered, as
part of a procedure coordinated by the adjunct Giovanni Conzo
. Six precautionary measures issued: three in prison, two at home and a signature obligation.
The alleged leader of the group,
Danny Beccaria, 32, was
also among the people who ended up on trial
.
According to what was reconstructed by the prosecutors of piazzale Clodio, drugs were also delivered to luxurious apartments and residences in the historic center of the capital, between piazza Navona and piazza Venezia.
According to what was reconstructed by the investigators, the organization was divided into two groups: one was in charge of supplying the ethnic communities between Viale Marconi and Monteverde Nuovo, mainly selling shaboo, while the other group, headed by Beccaria,
managed the shop of Ghb, the "rape drug"
for Italian customers. For 100 ml of the drug, customers, including a doctor and a university professor, were willing to spend up to 800 euros. Coded terms were used for orders: "water" was the name by which the Ghb was called, but terms such as
"Gilda" and "Mafalda"
were often used
.
The investigation started after the arrest of a woman of Chinese nationality in October 2020. She was stopped at Termini station with a shaboo for a value of about 20 thousand euros.
The synthetic drugs were supplied by a Chinese "wholesaler", based in Tuscany
, who organized the transport and delivery of the narcotic to Rome.
In particular, the substance arrived in the capital via Chinese couriers, which alternatively used railway vehicles or hired cars, dressed in designer clothes so as not to arouse suspicion.
