An operation by the
Guardia di Finanza
is underway , which is carrying out a precautionary custody order issued by the district magistrate of Reggio Calabria, at the request of the Dda, against 36 people accused of having managed an international drug trafficking, with the aggravating circumstance of mafia modalities, which would have had the port of Gioia Tauro as its logistic base.
The operation is affecting, in addition to the province of Reggio Calabria, those of Milan, Rome, Naples, Bari, Terni, Vicenza and Novara.
The restrictive measures in execution were issued at the request of the
Public Prosecutor of Reggio Calabria, Giovanni Bombardieri, and the Deputy Prosecutor Giuseppe Lombardo.
Over 300 soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza are involved in the operation, in which the Gico and the Economic and Financial Police Unit of Reggio Calabria are involved.
As part of the investigations that led to the arrests, over four tons of cocaine
were seized
, for a retail value of around 800 million euros.
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