May 16, 2024, 7:08 pm
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MARSALA – They were sentenced in an abbreviated manner by the Marsala magistrate four of the eleven defendants involved in the anti-drug operation of the Carabinieri “Fox” (blitz of 9 May 2023), which shed light on cocaine trafficking from Catania to Capo Boeo.
Cocaine, the investigations
According to what was reconstructed by the investigators, every month in Marsala approximately two kilos of cocaine would have arrived which would have “flooded the city, favoring very lucrative illicit revenues for traffickers”. Four and a half years in prison, plus a fine of 24 thousand euroswas the sentence imposed by the preliminary hearing judge on the convicted felon Vincenzo Fabio Licariof Marsala, while he was sentenced to two years, plus a 10 thousand euro fine Agatino Lorenzo Abate, of Catania.
The other names
The other two convicted are Riccardo Giacalone (1 year and 8 months, and a fine of 4 thousand euros) and Carlo Frazzitta (one and a half years and 9 thousand euro fine), both from Marsala. For Licari and Abate, the prosecutor Fernando Asaro had asked for a sentence of 10 years in prison, while four years had been requested for Giacalone and 2 years and 8 months for Frazzitta.
Seven other defendants were sent to trial before the Marsala Court (monocratic). I am Pietro Marino, Gaspare Maurizio Giannone, Vincenzo Andrea Giannone, Giuseppe La Mantia, Francesco Vinci, Alberto Giacalone and Loris Carmelo Abate. Except for the latter, who is from Catania, they are all from Marsala. The trial against them will begin on June 26th.
In the “Fox” operation, 14 people were investigated, six of whom were arrested. In prison, for drug traffickingthey were locked up Vincenzo Fabio Licari, Pietro Marino and Agatino Lorenzo Abate.
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May 16, 2024, 7:08 pm
