The dozens of searches that are carried out in these hours by the police to identify the place where Matteo Messina Denaro, the number one of Cosa Nostra fugitive since 1993, is hiding throughout Sicily.
About 150 agents employed belonging to the mobile teams of Palermo, Trapani and Agrigento, supported by the men of the operational central service and the crime prevention departments of Sicily and Calabria, for the checks ordered by the Dda of Palermo.
In particular, people suspected of being the boss's supporters are in the sights.
The blitz takes place in Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara, Santa Ninfa, Partanna, Mazara del Vallo, Santa Margherita Belice and Roccamena (Palermo).
(Unioneonline / ss)
