blitz in San Nicandro Garganico, Apricena, Cagnano Varano and Campomarino

Blitz in progress between Gargano and Alto Tavoliere, where the State Police has executed a precautionary custody order against 12 people (10 in prison and 2 under house arrest), issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Foggia, upon proposal of the Prosecutor’s Office.

The subjects involved are subjected to preliminary investigations in relation to the crime of illicit production, trafficking and possession of narcotic substances pursuant to art. 73 Presidential Decree 309/90; the arrests took place in the municipalities of San Nicandro Garganico, Apricena, Cagnano Varano and Campomarino.

The investigation, launched in 2022, arose from an activity by the San Severo police station which, together with colleagues from the Foggia Flying Squad, made it possible to collect serious indications of guilt against the 12 subjects. In fact, the recipients of the precautionary measure showed a marked delinquent capacity due to the “modus operandi” through which the transfer, or in any case the offer to third parties, of doses of narcotic substances would take place.

In particular, inside a house located in Campomarino they allegedly sold large quantities of narcotics, pocketing large profits on a daily basis, also through the transfer of the substance to buyers from neighboring countries. Furthermore, in all points considered strategic, people would have been constantly stationed with the task of checking for the presence of any policemen who could “disturb” the drug dealing activities.

The squares, probably used for the purchase and sale of narcotic substances, were chosen in contexts in which the presence of foreigners was noted with a certain ease. In addition to this, quick appointments were arranged with regular users to whom they would deliver portions of the narcotic substance daily, in always different places, to evade any checks by the Police Force.

Today’s activity involved the staff of the San Severo Police Station, assisted by the staff of the Foggia Flying Squad, of the Crime Prevention Department, by canine units and by a heliport. “Such an epilogue“, they comment from the Foggia police headquarters “testifies to the constant commitment of the State Police in an area characterized by particular social alarm in relation to the crime of drug dealing”.