Mafia, 15 arrests between Palermo and Reggio Calabria: 440 kg of drugs seized Wednesday 16th November 2022 03:47 AM
PALERMO – The carabinieri of the investigative unit of the operational department of the provincial command of Palermo, have implemented 15 precautionary measures (10 in prison and 5 under house arrest), issued by the investigating judge of Palermo at the request of the district anti-mafia directorate, for crimes of association aimed at the illicit trafficking of narcotic or psychotropic substances. Among the aggravating factors is also the use of the mafia method.
The blitz was triggered in Palermo and in the province of Reggio Calabria. The operation wiped out one of the most important drug supply channels for the province of Palermo. Months of interceptions, technical activities and stalking have made it possible to reconstruct the articulated criminal structure that dealt with finding the drug for the Palermo mafia districts of Porta Nuova, Brancaccio and Tommaso Natale – San Lorenzo, which has made it possible to acquire a serious circumstantial picture for suspects.
These were responsible for importing into the Palermo area, through various and consolidated supply channels, large consignments of narcotics and then placing them in the drug dealing squares of the capital, remaining in any case connected with the individual mafia joints territorially involved.
The investigation launched in September 2019 also led to the seizure of 440 kg of cocaine, crack and hashish. The investigators managed to place, at the top of the association, important men of honor (already definitively condemned for their belonging to the mafia association) of the mafia families of Palermo Centro and Partanna Mondello, who, assisted by other associates (among who also mafia affiliates of the district of Brancaccio – not drawn from the present measure as they were already subjected to a precautionary measure in another proceeding), operated in the round in the drug market, dealing both with suppliers operating in other regions – Campania and Calabria – and with drug dealers from Palermo, in charge of reselling the narcotics in retail.
