Policoro (MT): extraordinary checks to combat drug dealing, an arrest in Montalbano Jonico
200 g of cocaine and 6.060 euros in cash were found at the arrested man's house.
Policoro (MT): extraordinary checks to combat drug dealing, an arrest in Montalbano Jonico
In the past month, the Carabinieri of the Policoro Company carried out some extraordinary territorial control services aimed at repressing drug crimes, especially in places where young people, including minors, meet.
The Carabinieri patrols engaged in the specific activity, also through checkpoints located along the streets of the center of the 9 municipalities within the territory of the Company (Policoro, Scanzano Jonico, Montalbano Jonico, Nova Siri, Rotondella, Valsinni, Colobraro, Tursi and San Giorgio Lucano), have carried out numerous checks on car drivers and places where young people gather.
As part of these services, in Montalbano Jonico, the Carabinieri of the local station noticed a coming and going of some young people, some of whom were drug users, at the home of a local farmer. Having acquired the information elements, together with the Carabinieri of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of the Policoro Company, and with the support of a canine unit of the Tito Carabinieri, an accurate house search which allowed it to be discovered narcotic substance of the type probably cocaine for a total of approximately 200 grams, and cash equal to Euro 6.060,00 in banknotes of various denominations.
The drugs, hidden in the furniture with the weighing and packaging material, were placed in three containers, in one of which there were 5 doses ready for dealing. The narcotic substance, the material and the money, believed to be the proceeds of the drug dealing activity, were seized.
The arrested person, after the ritual formalities, was transferred to the prison of Matera, where he still remains following validation of the arrest and application of the precautionary measure of custody in prison by the GIP of Matera, at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office. It should be noted that the investigations carried out so far are still in the preliminary investigation phase, and require subsequent procedural verification in the cross-examination with the defence.
A total of 4.990 people have been identified since the beginning of the year, 3.654 vehicles, 331 infringements of the Highway Code, for a amount of 114.450,00 Euros and the withdrawal of 29 driving licences. During the anti-drug services, 4 drug users, aged between 24 and 47, found in possession of a total of 24,4 grams of narcotic substances.
The result achieved is the result of the continuous and methodical surveillance and control activity conducted by the employee departments of the Policoro Carabinieri Company, coordinated by the Matera Carabinieri Provincial Command, to prevent and combat the various forms of illegality, even in areas with low population density but still affected by widespread phenomena such as, in this specific case, drug dealing and consumption.
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