The Carabinieri of the company command of Manfredonia (Foggia), in the last period, have intensified the services to combat drug trafficking in the Gargano area, especially in the areas of the historic village of Vieste which are difficult to access and can only be reached on foot. controllable through a system of “lookouts” aimed at evading the controls of the police. The overall toll is 10 people arrested in flagrante delicto and 3 reported on charges of possession for the purpose of dealing narcotic substances. The military of the Vieste lieutenancy arrested a 26-year-old in flagrante delicto found in possession of 50 grams of cocaine and reported two of his peers for the possession of material suitable for packaging the narcotic in doses. Also in Vieste, a 19-year-old was caught selling hashish to other young people in the area inside his home, while a 20-year-old was stopped after an attempt to escape to escape control and was found in possession of numerous doses of cocaine and hashish.
Two other 20-year-olds were caught while carrying out drug dealing activities in the middle of the afternoon: the first was in charge of collecting payment for the narcotic, delivered by the second pusher to the buyer on the opposite side of the central square of the nineteenth-century village of Vieste, where the exchanges allegedly took place . The Vieste police also carried out local searches at two homes, arresting respectively a 30-year-old local man accused of having hidden 50 grams of cocaine and 200 grams of hashish in his bedroom, as well as a 25-year-old with specific criminal records caught packing doses of hashish inside his house. In Manfredonia, the police arrested a 50-year-old local man in flagrante delicto who, in a plot adjacent to his home, had hidden cocaine and hashish intended for dealing in two jars, while a 22-year-old subject to house arrest was caught selling hashish to two minors. Finally, another 50-year-old was arrested because he was found with numerous doses of cocaine ready to be given away, while a 20-year-old was reported because, in an attempt to evade a check, he had attempted to ingest a piece of hashish weighing approximately 30 grams. Overall, approximately 800 grams of narcotic substances including cocaine and hashish were seized and 28 users were reported to the Prefecture.
