07.37 – Friday 10 May 2024
(The following text is taken entirely from the press note sent to the Opinion Agency) –
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Two loads of hashish and marijuana about to be introduced into the national territory were intercepted by the Financiers of the Provincial Command of Rome and by the staff of the Customs and Monopolies Agency of Civitavecchia, who arrested the drivers of two articulated vehicles coming from Barcelona (Spain ) – a Portuguese and an Italian – both for the alleged crime of international drug trafficking.
With the support of Ice and Jackpot, the two dogs supplied to the Civitavecchia Group, the Fiamme Gialle together with the officials of the local Customs Office found, during routine checks on vehicles arriving from Spain, numerous packages of marijuana and hundreds of blocks of hashish hidden among the pallets of fruit and vegetables.
Once the drugs reached the drug dealing centers, they would have brought in revenues of over 3 million euros.
The covering load, hundreds of boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables, was donated to voluntary associations active in the local town to be given to people in need, at the request of the local Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The criminal proceedings are in the preliminary investigation phase and, pending the final judgement, the presumption of not guilt applies to the two people arrested.
The two operations – which are the result of the profitable synergy between the Corps and the Customs and Monopolies Agency, ultimately strengthened by the Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between the two institutions – are part of the broader mechanism implemented to combat illicit trafficking at the capital’s ports and airports.
