Rubiera: 172 kg of cocaine seized, three Albanian couriers arrested.

La State Police he seized 172kg of cocaine for an economic value of over 25 million euros. THE Mobile Teams of Bologna and Modena They arrested three Albanian couriers in the industrial area of Ruby (RE).

The operation and the arrests

Il February 6 last, near an industrial area of Rubiera, the State Police arrested three Albanian citizens, two of them brother and sister (class 1997 e 2004), and a third subject of the 1982, all without a criminal record.

Thanks to the collaboration between the Mobile Teams of Bologna and Modena, it was possible to carry out the maxi seizure of cocaine.

The investigations and the blitz

The investigative activity, based on information exchange between the Italian and Albanian Police Authorities, made it possible to identify aRenault Captur car with two Albanian citizens on board, suspected of having to meet a courier for an important cocaine trafficking.

The car was identified already during the night of February 5th in Trieste, where the two brothers had spent the night. Their journey was monitored until their arrival in the Rubiera industrial area.

During the observation service, the officers noticed a stopped truck, whose The driver, with a cautious manner, handed over a bulky yellow rigid envelope to the two brothers. At that point the State Police intervened, blocking the three subjects.

The seizure of drugs

Within the yellow envelope They had been found 15 wraps of cocaine, For a total of 16,350 kg.

La truck search led to the discovery of a large quantity of drugs:

• Blocks of cocaine hidden in a compartment under wooden planks
• Additional blocks hidden inside the boards

Overall, the following were found in the trailer of the truck: 145 more parallelepipeds of cocaine, for a weight of 156 kg, bringing the total seizure to 172 kg.

A blow to the criminal organization

The maxi seizure represents a serious economic damage for the Albanian criminal organization, with an estimate of over 25 million euros of value on the market.

The three Albanian citizens, by order of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Reggio Emilia, They were transferred to prison.