Today’s operation comes as a result of an investigative activity conducted by the military of the Bisceglie Tenancy, carried out under the direction of the Trani Public Prosecutor’s Office, resulting from the investigation against two suspects of Albanian nationality – whose position has been separated – from which connections emerged between the aforementioned and some subjects from Bisceglie, the subject of subsequent investigations that have allowed – through technical and dynamic activities – to acquire an important compendium of circumstantial evidence against them for the contested facts.
The investigation made it possible to collect elements regarding the activity of drug dealing – the supply of which took place from Northern Italy – as well as the importation, transport and sale of contraband foreign manufactured tobacco products – which arrived in the Bisceglie port by sea, on board local fishing boats – conducted in that city center by subjects linked together by close relationships of trust – built on assiduous frequenting – and to decipher the peculiar cryptic language used by some of the suspects in telephone conversations .
During the investigation – which lasted until last February – three people were arrested by the Carabinieri of the Tenenza di Bisceglie in the act of committing the crime of smuggling 1120 kg. of foreign manufactured tobacco and numerous further checks were carried out, proving that the criminal activity continued – without interruption – despite the repressive interventions carried out by the military.
The defendants, according to the accusatory approach accepted by the investigating judge – without prejudice to the assessment in the subsequent trial phases also conducted in light of the defense’s contribution – are considered responsible – in various capacities – for numerous sales of narcotic substances, as well as for the introduction and sale of contraband foreign manufactured tobacco. After completing the formal procedures, 4 subjects were associated with the competent District Prison, while 9 subjects were subjected to house arrest.
It is important to underline that the proceeding is in the preliminary investigation phase and that – the execution of today’s precautionary measure – will be followed by the guarantee interrogation and the discussion with the defense of the suspects, whose possible guilt, in relation to the contested crimes, must be ascertained during the trial in the cross-examination between the parties.
