Drugs, supplying drug dealing squares in central Italy, eight arrests

With the execution of eight precautionary measures, of which 7 in prison, a young criminal organization which from the capital supplied drugs to the drug dealing centers of central Italy was dismantled by the State Police, at the end of a complex investigation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome, for the benefit of "active" pushers in Rome, Lazio and other regions.

In just six months, investigators documented the movement of over 4 quintals of hashish and around a kilo of cocaine, with a commercial value estimated at more than 350 thousand euros.

The investigation activity, conducted by the judicial police team of the XIV Primavalle District and coordinated in the executive phase by the Flying Squad, originated in 2022, with a load of 50 kg of hashish stored in Bracciano and headed to Abruzzo. This first input would, in fact, have traced a crack within the organization, which allowed investigators to reconstruct its criminal architecture.

Following a pyramid system, the three leaders at the top of the association directed eight other young people, who were in turn responsible for managing the deposits and paid a "monthly" of around 8 thousand euros. At the base of the pyramid, there were more or less occasional couriers, whose pay varied from 500 to 800 euros per month, depending on the distance to be covered.

The logistical geography of storage gravitated, in fact, in the capital, around bases scattered between the Aurelio, Tuscolano, Pineta Sacchetti and Boccea districts. In an isolated case, the use of a rented bungalow on a campsite was documented.

Finally, on the delivery front, the supply chain was entrusted to two small cars modified with a sophisticated mechanism, operated with a precise and complex combination of on-board controls, which gave access to a double bottom, the capacity of which varied from 8 to 10 kg of hashish.

The detailed circumstantial framework collected against today's 22 suspects by the State Police, coordinated by the magistrates of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, resulted in an order with which the Judge for Preliminary Investigations ordered the precautionary custody in prison for 8 young people, including the three "leaders" of the organization and five other associates.

Another co-worker was, however, hit by the precautionary measure of house arrest. During the execution, a quantity of 1.3 kg of hashish was found in his possession, which led to the immediate aggravation of the measure with that in prison.

During the searches carried out this morning, approximately 187 thousand euros in cash were also seized. All are seriously suspected of the crime of association for the purpose of illicit trafficking of narcotic substances.