The money they received from their citizenship income they "invested" to buy drugs - marijuana, hashish, cocaine and crack - which they then peddled.
The illegal system was discovered by an investigation by the Santa Maria Capua Vetere Public Prosecutor's Office which led to the arrest by the carabinieri of eight people residing in Piedimonte Matese, in the province of Caserta. Six suspects ended up in prison, two are under house arrest.
To trigger the handcuffs, the men of the Arma conducted a blitz at the first light of dawn, surrounding some council houses.
The investigations revealed that the shop was active all day, and its operation never stopped during the pandemic: during the first lockdown - the carabinieri verified - business increased, and sales also continued. in the subsequent period in which there were severe restrictions on the freedom to move.
The suspects, all citizens of citizenship income, received buyers into their homes, even several times a day.
They used “culinary” code words to get along with customers. The doses of drugs to be sold were, according to the type and quantity, "baked bread or raw bread", "sugar", "milk" or "panettone".
(Unioneonline / lf)
