A minor was among those arrested by the Carabinieri and Forestry Police in the operation that led to the seizure of 7,000 marijuana plants grown in greenhouses between Terralba and Arcidano.
The suspects are all originally from the Nuoro area: Alessio Meloni and Alex Dettori from Bortigali; Fabio Lutzu, Francesco Melis, and Giovanni Moro from Mamoiada; and Giuseppe Gungui from Orgosolo (the other names have not yet been released) are currently in prison in Massama. The defense attorneys (Luciano Rubattu, Gianluca Sannio, Tullio Moni, Marco Basolu, and Francesco Munduzio) are awaiting the documents before the validation hearing.
According to investigators, they are dealing with a well-structured organization, a veritable business system capable of cultivating, producing, and distributing large quantities of drugs. The hypothesis is that the drugs were then intended to be returned to the Nuoro area for retail sale or exchanged with other criminal organizations. The investigation continues.
