A Calabrianwhich had long since moved its own operational base in the San Giovanni Galermo districtwould have been one of the key figures of a specialized criminal association in the importation of cocaine from Calabria to Catania. This is just one of the details of the operation Devotion, completed in the last few hours by the agents of the Etna Flying Squad. TO 13 people a precautionary custody order was served while, according to what appears to MeridioNews, There are 26 suspects in total. Among them several old acquaintances from the Etna criminal world, starting from Giuseppe Distefanoknown as sassa pastaAnd Carmelo Sciliosaid Melo get rich. And it is precisely from the figure of the latter that the police investigation began. Scilio was arrested on April 4, 2019 and subsequently subjected to House arrest. A measure which, according to the investigators, would not have represented an obstacle to the continuation of his case illicit activity thanks to the collaboration of some trusted companions.
The investigative action also made it possible to document, in just under six months, a good deal 20 transports and deliveries of large quantities of narcotics which would have been carried out by the criminal association a numerous criminals from Cataniasome of which are retained linked to various mafia clans of the capital. Furthermore, several investigations were carried out during the investigation seizures of narcotic substances – overall eleven kilos of cocaine – And weaponsincluding one pistol revolver 38 caliber special with serial number abraded and related ammunition. It was also found sum of 90 thousand euros in cashwalled into a wall in a house.
“THE traffickers Calabrians and, in particular, the chief promoters of the cell they were devoted to the Madonna of Polsi (in Reggio Calabria). The operation therefore takes its name from this”, explains the head of the Flying Squad Catania Antonio Sfameni about the operation Devotion. «The investigations highlighted the presence of these subjects of Calabrian origin, who had been settled in for some time Catania and who conducted this activity drug trafficking clearly taking advantage of their connection with their territory of origin. So there was this link between Catania and Calabria which allowed the constant arrival, clearly up to a certain point, of large batches of cocaine», added the head of the anti-drug section Marco Alletto.
