Caltanissetta: 4 people arrested for criminal association aimed at drug trafficking
Serious evidence was also acquired against a 43-year-old and a 20-year-old, one of whom had already been hit by a precautionary custody order for the crime of mafia association - the "Emmanuello" clan of Gela, who allegedly held a leading role in the management of the trafficking of the association's activity, the profits of which were quantified at around 40 thousand euros per week.
Caltanissetta: 4 people arrested for criminal association aimed at drug trafficking.
Today's operation conducted by the Carabinieri of Caltanissetta, coordinated by the DDA of the Nissena Prosecutor's Office, concerns an alleged criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking, based in Gela (CL): there are 14 people to whom, during the preliminary investigations, precautionary measures were applied (8 in prison, 1 under house arrest, 4 subjected to the obligation to report to the PG, 1 still untraceable and actively sought).
This morning the Investigative Unit of Caltanissetta executed a precautionary custody order, issued during the preliminary investigations by the GIP of Caltanissetta at the request of the local DDA, against 14 subjects (all Italians, resident in Gela), investigated on various counts for the crime of criminal association aimed at drug trafficking and possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing.
The investigation, launched in April 2022, has allowed us to acquire serious indications of guilt regarding the existence of a criminal association dedicated to the trafficking of various types of drugs (marijuana, cocaine and hashish), which was procured in Calabria and Catania to be sold in the drug dealing areas of Gela. In particular, serious evidence emerged, included in the precautionary custody order of the GIP, against the owner of a car rental company in Gela who would have made the cars available in his availability for trips to Calabria aimed at obtaining drugs.
Serious evidence has also been acquired against a 43-year-old and a 20-year-old, one of whom has already been subjected to a custody order for the crime of Mafia - “Emmanuello” clan of Gela, who would have held a leading role in the management of the association's trafficking activities, whose profits were quantified at around 40 thousand euros per week.
On the basis of the evidence acquired, a series of resources were identified for the achievement of the association's objectives, including a coffee shop, managed by one of the suspects, which it would have been used as a logistical base for the association, and in particular to discuss the organization of transfers and the division of proceeds from illicit activity. Furthermore, the investigative activities have allowed the identification of several hiding places for the concealment of narcotics, in one of which approximately 500 grams of cocaine were recently found.
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