Stradella: Intense drug dealing activity, 4 arrested and 1,5 kg of cocaine seized

The Carabinieri of the Stradella Company, supported by the competent territorial departments, have 4 individuals of Moroccan origin were arrested, accused, to varying degrees, of possession and continued dealing of narcotics in competition, in execution of an order for the application of personal precautionary measures issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Court of Pavia (arrested subjects resident in the municipalities of Vigevano (PV) and Milano or detained for another reason), as well as carrying out 6 searches on other individuals (supporters) residents in the provinces of Milano, Pavia, Novara and Avellino. The activity started in 2020 and started from numerous reports from private citizens who had represented a significant movement of cars, especially in the Colombera area of ​​Broni as well as from a previous investigative activity of the Stradella Operational Unit.

From the technical and interception activities carried out, and from the services performed, it has been ascertained – in fact – that in the indicated area, renamed by drug dealers and buyers as “Colombia”, an intense drug dealing activity flourished which also affected other neighbouring areas which were also part of the code used by buyers and dealers and called “Xilopan” (located in the Casa Storini hamlet at the height of the motorway overpass), Cemetery (cemetery located on the SS 617, where there is a small wood used by the group to take shelter and hide from the road), Little house in the street (abandoned building located in Via Rosa Nera) and Little House of the Night (located in Broni on the SP/82).

Even in this investigation, it was possible to accurately trace the modus operandi used. The buyersIn fact, They made telephone arrangements on the drug dealing intercoms, through which they placed the order and received instructions on where to go to collect the drugs (positions that were changed very frequently). The dangerousness of the association was also confirmed by the fact that in the checks carried out on the vehicles of compliant customers who transported the drug dealers, as well as in some drug dealing areas, some bladed weapons had been found and on one occasion even a “machete” of considerable size, which the drug dealers used not only to repel any attacks aimed at controlling the territory but also in daily drug dealing activities as a deterrent for more demanding customers.

The shadowing conducted also allowed the identification of the warehouse of some of the group's suppliers, in Landriano, in the open countryside, where, in a field, the supplies of drugs were buried and stored to be delivered to the various drug dealing groups in the Milan and Pavia areas who requested them. During the operation, a total of approximately 1,5 kg of cocaine was seized and approximately 40 customers found in possession of small quantities of narcotics were checked and reported to the competent Prefectures.