Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 – news editorial team
ROME (news) – The detailed and complex investigation carried out by the Carabinieri of the Operational Unit of the Velletri Company
ilmamilio.it – press note from the Carabinieri Command
From the first light of dawn, on the delegation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Velletri, the Carabinieri of the Velletri Company, in the provinces of Rome, Viterbo, Frosinone, Rieti, Latina and Chieti, with the support of the territorially competent Carabinieri commands, are executing an order for the application of precautionary measures – issued by the GIP at the Court of Velletri – against 33 people, mostly Italian (of which 5 women), – 11 recipients of precautionary custody in prison and 22 under house arrest – seriously suspected, in various capacities, of the crimes of possession for the purpose of trafficking of narcotic substances (art. 73 Presidential Decree 309/90), extortion (art. 629 criminal code) and undue access to devices suitable for communication by detained subjects (art. . 391 ter of the criminal code). Sixteen of the people targeted by today’s precautionary measures are already detained in prison.
The detailed and complex investigation carried out by the Carabinieri of the Operational Unit of the Velletri Company has made it possible to collect serious indications of guilt in relation to various episodes of drug dealing within the Velletri prison (in addition to two episodes of extortion, for beatings and threats suffered by one of the suspects and some family members, for unpaid supplies of narcotic substances), committed between January and June 2023 within the aforementioned penal institution for a turnover of approximately €80,000.
During the investigation, circumstantial elements emerged regarding the presence of a tested system, aimed at the entry into the prison of the narcotic, both cocaine and hashish, which was hidden, together with vacuum-packed foodstuffs and basic necessities, at the inside of packages intended for prisoners, sent via couriers and once inside the facility also transferred to third parties. Drug orders were paid for by top-ups on prepaid cards by the inmates’ children, wives, girlfriends, brothers, grandparents, uncles and friends.
It should be noted that the proceeding is in the preliminary investigation phase, therefore the suspects are to be considered innocent until a possible final sentence.
