Fifteen kilos of marijuana were seized by the carabinieri of the Sinnai and Quartu stations during an anti-drug operation in Tasonis, a small village at the foot of Monte Serpeddì.
A 50-year-old from Sinnai, GA was arrested for drug trafficking. The man has already been accompanied to the court to be tried.
The operation was triggered at dawn after a few days of investigations coordinated by Captain Michele Cerri, Lieutenant Pietro Lucania and Marshals Locci and Maffei. The carabinieri arrived in a private land with difficult access to vehicles and shielded from the view of onlookers by a reed bed and thick surrounding vegetation. For some time, the military had undertaken a careful control activity and developed investigations in that area, having noticed suspicious movements even of local young people.
Observation and control services were thus organized and, in the early hours of this morning, the man (already known to the police) was surprised while he was moving among the vegetation where some marijuana plants of different heights were grown. and weight. In the country house other boxes and containers were found with dozens of heat-sealed sachets full of inflorescences, for a total of about 15 kg. In other hiding places of the house, packaging equipment was also found consisting of a vacuum machine, numerous sachets, sling bars, and the sum of 4 thousand euros hidden in various hiding places.
The operation was also attended by canine units of the carabinieri trained in the search for drugs, providing a decisive contribution to the success of the intervention. All the drugs, money and packaging material were placed under seizure, while the man was placed under house arrest, at the disposal of the Judicial Authority pending the hearing with the most direct rite.
The seized drug, if placed on the market, would have produced illicit proceeds of approximately 110 thousand euros. According to the tests already carried out by Ris, it was found to have a higher THC rate. As for quality, it would be among the best among those seized in the province.
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