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Anzio: from drugs to the use of firearms, to the aiding and abetting of prisoners, a “hybrid” criminal hub has been neutralized

This morning, the State Police executed 15 precautionary measures and carried out 22 searches for the crimes of possession for the purpose of dealing in narcotics. The investigations had been ongoing since New Year's Eve 2024. Among the crimes contested were international drug dealing and trafficking, arson, robbery, injuries for the purpose of extortion, aggravated robberies, kidnappings, arson and drug dealing. The suspects were "traveling" drugs and cell phones for the benefit of inmates in penal institutions.

Anzio: from drugs to the use of firearms, to the aiding and abetting of prisoners, a “hybrid” criminal hub has been neutralized

It all started on New Year's Eve 2024: the investigation was triggered by the wounding of a criminal from Anzio by the firing of gunshots towards the victim.

The investigative activity born from the episode has led to the discovery of a criminal network, in which the stories of a basic drug dealing activity are intertwined, fueled by international drug trafficking, "seasoned" by a series of further crimes.

After about a year, the investigators of the Anzio-Nettuno State Police Station, following an activity coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Ordinary Court of Velletri, have executed, this morning, to an order issued by the GIP of the Velletri Court and implementing fifteen precautionary measures against as many suspects, twelve of whom are in prison and three under house arrest. At the same time they were Twenty-two searches were carried out on as many suspects, all investigated, in various capacities, for the crimes of possession of narcotics for the purpose of dealing.

Anzio: dalla droga all'uso di armi da fuoco, fino al favoreggiamento di detenuti, neutralizzato hub criminoso "ibrido"

Among the crimes charged were international drug dealing and trafficking, arson, robbery, assault for the purpose of extortion, aggravated robberies, kidnappings, arson and drug dealing. The suspects were “traveling” drugs and cell phones for the benefit of inmates in penal institutions.

The main source of “employment” was drug dealing, which occurred throughout the supply chain, from procurement to “cutting” of the substance, to packaging, with an outlet on the wholesale “market” as well as retail. The purchase of the substance also took place abroad, with expedients aimed at circumventing the limits of “export” of cash, dividing the sums for the purchase between several subjects.

In order to “manage the competition”, with five euros of petrol the suspects caused the fire of the logistics base of the “adversaries” in January 2024 and did not spare the use of firearms to assert their “territorial hegemony”. The investigations were traced with numerous incidental judicial police activities, which returned confirmation of the circumstantial framework. In this framework, they were hand grenades, explosive devices and narcotics were seized, which recently led to the arrest of two associates in flagrante delicto for the crime of drug dealing.

In the field since the early hours of this morning over 200 State Police officers, in addition to dog units, Scientific Police, Special Departments and a quota of the Guardia di Finanza of the Nettuno Company. With the assistance of the latter, the preventive seizure of a property owned by the main suspect was also carried out, as well as some searches aimed at acquiring useful elements to detect any further economic and financial aspects.

The search for one of the suspects is still ongoing.

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