Ancona: Operation “Vallesina III”, drug trafficking criminal association busted

On the morning of December 2, the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Ancona carried out to the custody order issued by the GIP of Ancona, at the request of the local District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against 6 Guests investigated in various capacities for association for the purpose of drug trafficking and drug dealing.

In particular, 4 subjects they were subjected to the precautionary custody measure in jail, while for the remaining 2 the measure of the has been issued house arrest with electronic bracelet.

At the same time, actions were carried out against 6 others under investigation, house searches aimed at finding narcotic substances.

The investigation carried out by telephone interceptions, observation and coordination services with the Spanish police, was conducted by the Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit of Ancona, under the direction of the DDA.

The circumstantial evidence acquired has allowed us to outline (in the preliminary investigation phase which requires subsequent procedural verification in the cross-examination with the defence) the presence of a family-based organized gang, dedicated to drug dealing in the province of Ancona.

The survey It started about a year ago, in October, following the research carried out for the capture of a fugitive who was serving a sentence of 8 years and 21 days in prison, reported in the context of the Vallesina operation for the crimes of robbery, possession of weapons and sale of narcotic substances, crimes committed between the provinces of Ancona, Pesaro and Macerata negli 2015s and 2016s.

During the interceptions it emerged that he had taken refuge in Spain, in the city of Figueres. Ecosystem's staff is 27th November with the help of the Spanish police the person was captured and subsequently transferred to the Viterbo prison where he is still incarcerated. At that time he was planning to buy a shipment of drugs before the Christmas holidays.

After the arrest the fugitive, at the head of the organization, although detained, first in Spanish prisons and then in Italian ones, continued to give instructions to his family, both during meetings and by using a mobile phone, trying to organize, with the help of his wife, the distribution of drugs within the prison walls.

During the investigation:

• the wife of the wanted man was arrested while trying to deliver to her husband, inside the prison, 15 grams of cocaine, 15 grams of hashish and 15 grams of cutting agent;
• the son-in-law the wanted man was arrested following a house search which ended with the discovery of approximately 1,9 kg hashish, 60 grams of cocaine, various precision scales and the ledger containing the accounting of the criminal organization.
• near the fugitive's home they were found and seized, hidden in a hiding place, 1,2 kg of hashish, divided and packaged in 14 blocks.

In the ordinance they have been reconstructed 18 cases of transfer of narcotic substances, such as marijuana, cocaine and hashish.

The operation, called Vallesina 3, is the epilogue of an investigative activity started in the year 2014 which led to the identification of a criminal organization dedicated to drug dealing in the Vallesina area.