The drugs traveled throughout Italy. Couriers recruited on Telegram. The depot was in Moncalieri
The Flying Squad dismantles an organization that recruited couriers on Telegram to distribute drugs in Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto and Lazio
Quick Look
- The police have carried out six precautionary measures against the leaders of a drug trafficking organization based in Moncalieri.
- Three people are in prison, an Albanian is under house arrest, two have the obligation to sign and are banned from staying.
- The investigation, coordinated by prosecutor Eugenia Ghi, reconstructed a supply and distribution network that started from Piedmont and reached Lazio, recruiting couriers on Telegram.
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Why It Matters
The investigation by the Flying Squad, coordinated by prosecutor Eugenia Ghi and entitled 'Operation Driver', reconstructed a drug supply and distribution network that started from Piedmont and reached as far as Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto and Lazio. The drugs were kept in cellars, garages, wardrobes and cavities in the walls of the Moncalieri warehouse, controlled by armed personnel.
They recruited couriers on Telegram to distribute their "goods" around Italy. University students or unemployed people who had just turned 18 who, paid between 500 and 1,500 euros, distributed the marijuana, hashish and cocaine that left the Moncalieri warehouse. There where the drugs were controlled by armed officers and kept in cellars, garages, wardrobes and cavities in the walls. But the guns were not enough to defend the traffickers, given that in recent days the police carried out six precautionary measures against the organisation's leaders: three, an Italian and two Moroccans, ended up in prison while an Albanian is under house arrest. For two others, an Italian and a Moroccan, the obligation to sign and residence ban was triggered. All are accused of illicit drug trafficking.
The Flying Squad's investigation is coordinated by prosecutor Eugenia Ghi and is entitled "Operation Driver" precisely because of this tendency to involve unsuspected delivery drivers (in English driver means chauffeur). Also thanks to the support of experts from the Central Operational Service (SCO) and the Central Anti-Drug Directorate, the investigators reconstructed a supply and distribution network that started from Piedmont and reached as far as Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto and Lazio.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Further developments in the investigation will take place with possible new arrests or seizures
Possible · Within weeks
Open Questions
- How many people were part of the organization besides the six recipients of the precautionary measures?
- What are the exact quantities of drugs seized?
- How long had the organization been active?
- What are the full names of the suspects?






