Rome, fight against drug dealing in the Monte Mario quadrant: State Police seizes over a ton of hashish, two men aged 61 and 31 arrested

Constant commitment of the State Police and Prosecutor's Office within the scope of activities aimed at fight against drug dealing.

The last brilliant operation was performed in Monte Mario dial by investigators of the State Police of the Flying Squad of Rome, following an intense investigative activity.

The police intervened in Thomas Pendola Street where they saw a man arrive on board a car and open a garage; the officers immediately smelled a strong odor and reached and stopped the man, a 61 year old Italian who, at the sight of the policemen, was clearly agitated.

In fact, after a few minutes the operators found more than 735 kg of hashish, divided into loaves, while a cell phone and 1500 €; furthermore, other objects were found in his home 24 grams of the same substance and 7400 €.

The police found the man in possession of a set of keys that opened the lock of another box used by another person. Therefore, they immediately went to Michael Migliarini Street where the garage was located and, once inside, they found over 400 kg of hashish. Shortly after, in the immediate vicinity, they tracked down the owner of the box and identified him for a 31 year old Italian.

Therefore, at the end of the ritual activities, the two were arrested since they are seriously suspected of the crime of possession for the purpose of trafficking of narcotic substances and the Prosecutor's Office requested and obtained from the Preliminary Investigations Judge the validation of the arrests.

In any case, the suspects are to be considered presumed innocent, in consideration of the current phase of the proceedings, i.e. that of the preliminary investigations, until a definitive finding of guilt with an irrevocable sentence.

These arrests are in addition to other important and recent operations which took place during the summer period, which have Another 2 tons of narcotics stolen from the drug market.

In the month of May, the agents of the III Fidene-Serpentara District have drawn into 4 people arrested because they are seriously suspected of the crime of possession of narcotics for the purpose of dealing. Seized more than 450 kg on that occasion.

A colleferro, instead, always in the same period the police officers of the local police station, following in-depth investigations coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Velletri, executed 2 orders for the application of the precautionary measure of arrest towards as many people, seriously suspected of the crime of possession, for the purpose of dealing, of narcotic substances. The operation saw the seizure of over 600 chili of narcotic substance between cocaine, hashish e marijuana in addition to the arrest of 6 Guests in the act of committing the crime of possession for the purpose of dealing.

A July, the agents of the Mobile Squad of the Rome Police Headquarters executed an arrest warrant pre-trial detention, issued by the GIP of the Court of Rome, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against 9 Guests, seriously suspected of being part of a criminal association aimed at trafficking, possession and dealing of narcotics. In that circumstance in addition 1 quintal of the narcotic seized.

In the same month, the police officers of the III Fidene-Serpentara District, coordinated by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, following a brilliant anti-drug operation, arrested 5 Guests and seized over 100 kg. of drugs.

In the month of August, the investigators of the Roman Flying Squad, during their activities, carried out a stakeout in a building in Mostacciano where it had been hypothesized that one of the boxes could be used to store drugs. The intuition proved to be correct: the police saw a man and a woman arrive on board a minivan who, after opening a box, took some packages. The officers intervened immediately. In the box there was a wardrobe inside which were packed 33 packages of cocaine; instead the packages that the couple had taken had been hidden in a secret compartment in the car. Also found in the car were 1.200 € in cash. On that occasion they were a man and a woman aged 29 and 26 were arrested and seized approximately 50kg of cocaine, as well as 100 thousand euros cash.

Also in August, the police officers of the Tivoli-Guidonia Police Station, with their colleagues from the Flying Squad of the Rome Police Headquarters and the invaluable assistance of canine units, arrested a 26enne for possession of narcotic substances for the purpose of dealing, seizing 40 kg between hashish e marijuana Besides different material useful for packaging.