The drugs were placed in a basket tied to a rope, then taken up to the home of the leader of a gang of drug dealers.
It is a supply technique discovered by the Police with the Locu operation which sees 300 officers employed in Catania carrying out a precautionary order from the investigating judge at the request of the DDA for 41 suspects.
The crimes hypothesized for various reasons and with different criminal profiles are mafia association (Cappello-Bonaccorsi clan), drug trafficking, carrying firearms, dealing in cocaine, crack, marijuana and hashish.
The management of a large drug dealing center is documented.
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