Naples: Pasquale Cesaro arrested, the drug trafficking broker believed to be close to the “Nuvoletta – Orlando – Polverino” clan

The international drug trafficking broker, on the run for over a year, was captured thanks to the Carabinieri raid on a villa from which he attempted to escape and injured himself climbing over a gate.

Di Staff il 14 Aug, 2024

Naples: Pasquale Cesaro arrested, the drug trafficking broker believed to be close to the “Nuvoletta – Orlando – Polverino” clan.

The lighting in via De Filippo is poor and the night doesn't help.
The silence is broken by the chatter of some insects, the motors of some air conditioners and from the plush touch of the soles of 40 carabinieri.
They are surrounding a house in the Marano countryside with patrols approaching with their headlights off. I am the military personnel of the investigative unit of Castello di Cisterna and the ROS of Naples.

The eyes are focused on that villa surrounded by a courtyard, on the light that filters through the pulled down shutters. Inside they know he is hiding the fugitive Pasquale Cesaro, 52-year-old drug broker, believed close to the “Nuvoletta – Orlando – Polverino” clan.

Cesaro is considered a key player in the supply channel of cocaine from South America to the province of Naples and must serve 16 years and 8 months in prison.
A sentence that speaks of international drug trafficking, still unexecuted because the man disappeared from the radar of justice as early as July 1, 2023.

The Carabinieri, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Naples, they never stopped looking for him, monitoring his relational network, without neglecting the analysis of social networks.

But let's go back to 3 o'clock tonight.
The soldiers are one step away from the armored gate of that residence. The 52-year-old is not alone. With him a 43-year-old and two women, sitting smoking around a hookah. The blitz begins. Cesaro tries to escape through a back door, climbs over the fence and injures his leg with a metal spike.
He doesn't stop, he looks around and launches into the surrounding countryside. Then he realizes that she can't go far. There are policemen in every corner. The handcuffs are on, the doors of the Secondigliano prison have opened for him.

The 43-year-old who was with him was also arrested for having supported his absconding: failure to comply with the sentence for the alleged crime was obtained.
Same crime for the two women, reported while at liberty.