The Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Command of Nuoro arrested two people aged 67 and 63, residing in Veneto, for possession of narcotic substances for the purpose of trafficking, in competition.
Since July they have made numerous trips from the peninsula, even for very short periods . During a tailing and observation service, it was ascertained that the two, having landed in Olbia, first headed to some places in the province of Sassari, then continued to the province of Oristano and finally to Cagliari, where they collected a package from a local freight forwarder.
At that point, suspicious of the behavior, the Carabinieri decided to check what they had just taken: a package containing five kilos of heroin.
From further investigative activities, a further 11 kilos of cocaine were seized which the two had sent via courier.
The seized narcotic, if placed on the market, would have yielded a value of more than one million euros.
Those arrested were taken to prison in Uta.
(Unioneonline/D)
