MilanoMajor hashish seizure: 4 arrests after Carabinieri raid on Bergamo warehouse.

In the evening of November 25, Company Carabinieri Milano Duomo they arrested four men – two from Bergamo, one from Palermo and one from Spain, 28, 32, 29 and 54 years old – accused of illicit possession of narcotic substances.

The operation was part of a larger service of prevention and control of the territory set up in the city streets.

The military, noticing a articulated lorry with Spanish license plates of suspicious origin, they started a monitoring that led them to the province of Bergamo.

This is where the four were caught while they unloaded 10 bags inside a shed.

The search revealed the presence of 258 kilograms of hashish, packaged in 100 gram loaves each, all heat-sealed.

The truck, which was equipped with a sophisticated double bottom to hide the drugs, it was immediately seized.

Home searches: clandestine weapons and other narcotics found

The investigations also continued at the homes of the suspects, where further very serious elements emerged:

• in the apartment of the 28enne They had been found 86 kilos of hashish hidden in a freezer, 2 loaded pistols with serial number abraded, ammunition e suspicious material (handcuffs, t-shirt with the word "police" written on it, mask for disguise). He was also charged with illegal possession of a clandestine weapon.

• in the home of the 29enne others have been found 4 kilos of hashish, also divided into loaves and stored in a freezer.

Overall, the operation led to the seizure of 348 kilograms of hashish, one of the largest quantities recorded in recent months in Lombardy.

By order of the Public Prosecutor of Prosecutor of Bergamo, the four men were led into the San Vittore prison, pending the validation hearing.