Financial Police seize 11 kilograms of drugs in Padova, four arrested
The Guardia di Finanza arrested four people and seized eight kilograms of heroin and three kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated value of approximately one million euros, uncovering a logistics base in an apartment in the city.
Drugs hidden in preserving jars
According to laprovinciacr.it, the Guardia di Finanza of Padova dismantled a drug trafficking operation that was operating in a residential area of the city. The operation resulted in the seizure of eight kilograms of heroin and three kilograms of cocaine, quantities estimated at approximately one million euros.
The investigation began in August when officers from the Economic and Financial Police Unit stopped a man in the street who showed obvious signs of nervousness. Numerous drug capsules were found in his rucksack. Immediate searches led to the identification of an apartment in a residential building nearby, used as a storage depot for the shipment.
Inside the flat, police dog units located further quantities of drugs. Part of the drug was concealed inside tin jars intended for tomato preserves. Three people—the alleged courier, the storage manager and the man stopped first—were arrested in flagrante delicto.
A fourth individual present in the house was initially reported without detention. Analysis of the seized mobile phones subsequently revealed his command role in the organisation. At the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the judge for preliminary investigations at the Padova Court ordered pre-trial detention in prison, executed by the Financial Police together with the seizure of 2,500 euros found in cash.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)