In a van and in a warehouse, in the Cremona area, they had 240 kilos of hashish. The agents of the State Police of Milan, who were looking for one of the two who has to serve five years in prison and arrested them despite having tried to escape, putting the car in gear and ramming the police car. They are two Moroccans aged 35 and 45, with criminal records and illegal immigration.
The activity of the police officers of the Milan Flying Squad was born to track down a 35-year-old Moroccan who had been the recipient of provisions for old convictions for drug dealing for five years. The searches were concentrated north of Cremona, between Pizzighettone, Bassano and Soresina where the investigators believed that the Moroccan could be found with false personal details. In Pizzighettone, on Thursday, the police officers identified a man who bore a strong resemblance to the wanted man driving a van with a fellow countryman. The officers decided to check the vehicle and the two put it into gear, ramming the police car : with no small amount of difficulty, the police officers of the Flying Squad managed to stop them before the officers of the Cremona Highway Police Section arrived to support them.
The driver of the van, who had counterfeit Spanish documents, was actually the wanted man and his 45-year-old compatriot turned out to have a criminal record for drug dealing . The police searched the vehicle and, in the back, in a false bottom, about 60 kilos of hashish were hidden. The search was extended to an abandoned warehouse in Acquanegra Cremonese. In some buckets of sand, the officers found other packages of hashish for 180 kilograms.
The two were arrested and, on the orders of the Cremona prosecutor, taken to prison , awaiting the validation hearing. The wanted man was also arrested for resisting arrest due to the ramming and reported for false documents. He was also notified of the provisions for the five years he must serve.
(Online Union)