The carabinieri of the companies of Cerignola and Manfredonia carried out a precautionary custody order , issued by the investigating judge of the court of Foggia at the request of the prosecutor's office, against 9 suspects (of which 4 recipients of precautionary custody in prison, 3 of house arrest and 2 of the residence ban in the province of Foggia), held responsible in various capacities for the crimes of trafficking, illicit possession and dealing of narcotic substances .
The investigative activity was launched following the explosion in Vieste on 7 January 2022 of a homemade bomb which damaged the entrance door of the home of a known local criminal.
The episode, according to the investigations, made it possible to ascertain, between January and July of that year, drug trafficking purchased from suppliers in Cerignola and sold retail in Vieste , where the carabinieri allegedly verified numerous episodes of drug dealing (documenting several of 5,000, around 50/60 per day), mostly occurring in a house in the historic center, monitored by a video system.
The investigators reconstructed the tricks used during the deliveries to the drug users, who, after having deposited the money in a basket lowered from above , received the narcotic, in particular cocaine, through an ingenious system of channels , thanks to which the doses from the terrace of the building were delivered to the street level.
The carabinieri estimated that in the five months of the investigation, the retail outlet would have earned the suspects earnings of around 25-30 thousand euros per month.
(Unioneonline/vl)
