Rome: Drug refinery in a secret room. State Police finds 2 kg of cocaine and arrests the “architect” of the laboratory

He had set up a drug refinery and storage base in a small blind bathroom accessible only to him via a sophisticated secret passage hidden in a handmade piece of furniture.

The device designed by a 32 year old Roman to design the his laboratory It was discovered by State Police.

They were the agents of the IV District San Basilio, guided by the instinct of theEviva dog unit, to flush out 2 kilos of cocaine and the tools of the trade that man used to portion it and prepare the single doses intended for his customer market.

THE“architect” of the ghost laboratory he had been suspected for some time because he was believed responsible for a cocaine dealing network in the parking lot of a shopping center in the area.

The investigative evidence collected thanks to thevideo analysis extrapolated from the video surveillance images have allowed us to frame the moment of the drug-money exchange between today's suspect and a customer.

At that point, the house search that since police dog's first "sniff" returned a positive feedback.

Faced with the signal sent by Eviva to her handler, the investigators of the San Basilio District they immediately started a land registry check and found that, precisely at that point, at the basement, there should have been a small blind bathroom.

It was enough a few minutes for the agents to access the hideout hidden behind a wall unit. The chamber was accessible only through a complex handcrafted hinge system that opened up access to the small refinery.

Right inside the secret room, the agents seized more than 2 kilos of cocaine and 5.000 euros cash.

For 32 year old Roman, under probation to social services for previous drug-related convictions, thearrest. In fact, towards him, the Supervisory Court revoked the benefit of the alternative measure granted to him, simultaneously ordering his pre-trial detention in prison.