Italian-Albanian network distributed drugs in seaside entertainment district: 16 arrests and 100 kg seized
A criminal organisation of Italian and Albanian nationals supplied nightclubs and beach establishments in the Veneto region with cocaine, marijuana and hashish. Sixteen arrests and over one million euros in assets seized.
Anti-drugs operation on Venetian coast: 16 arrested, 100 kg of narcotics seized
One hundred kilograms of cocaine, marijuana and hashish destined for nightclubs, pubs, beach establishments and hospitality facilities in Bibione, Jesolo and Caorle — as well as Lignano, Grado and Sistiana in Friuli Venezia Giulia. This is reported by Google News IT — Crime (it), citing the Tgr Friuli Venezia Giulia service.
An Italian-Albanian criminal organisation managed the trafficking, dismantled in an operation coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Milan and conducted by the Financial Police of Trieste, with the support of the Central Organised Crime Investigation Service of the Financial Police.
The investigation tally includes 35 persons under investigation, 16 arrests and the seizure of assets and financial resources worth 1.1 million euros.
According to investigators, during the winter months the gang supplied narcotics to Lombardy, Liguria and Tuscany, before shifting trafficking towards the main tourist destinations of the north-east with the arrival of summer season.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)