Four people were arrested on Friday in relation to a probe by Asti investigations into the alleged use of drones to deliver drugs and mobile telephones to inmates in Italian prisons.
The suspects were arrested in several different provinces.
They are accused of involvement in a criminal conspiracy to deliver the prohibited material to inmates inside jails in the regions of Piedmont, Sicily, Marche, Campania and Abruzzo.
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