Catania: Drug dealing square linked to mafia clan dismantled, 23 arrested.
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There are 31 people subject to the restrictive measure issued by the judge of Catania at the request of the local Dda as part of the anti-drug operation “Terzo capitolo” based on investigations by the mobile team of the police headquarters of Catania and carried out by the police. Against 23 suspects, a detention order was issued in prison, for seven a double obligation of residence and presentation to the judicial police, and for one person the presentation to the public prosecutor.
The investigation, supported by telephone, environmental, and telematic interceptions and video recordings, according to the district attorney’s office of Catania, “has allowed to gather significant evidence against a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and dealing” which “has been managing a large drug distribution network in the popular neighborhood of Librino, historically also patrolled by members of the Arena mafia clan.” The Mafia organization under investigation would include Massimiliano Arena, 41, Marco Turchetti, 30, Rosario Turchetti, 57, Angelo Patanè, 32, and Carmelo Alessio Guerra, 32.
The managers of the “drug distribution network”, according to the prosecution’s theory, would be the two “Turchetti, who would have acted as “trusted men” of Arena, currently in prison.” In their area, which is currently considered “one of the main drug enclaves” in Catania, “significant amounts of cocaine, crack, marijuana, and skunk were daily sold through a complex system of pushers, lookouts, substance guardians, and managers of the distribution network.” From the investigations of the mobile team, it emerged that the drug “would have been packaged inside the home of Elisabetta Toscano, 69 years old, and then mostly sold inside the entrance hall of a building located in the Librino district.” The association’s cash, on the other hand, is disputed by the Dda, “would have been managed by Liliana Carbonaro, 55, mother of Marco Turchetti.”
The main sources of cocaine and marijuana supply for the group would be one of the branches of the Mafia clan Cappello-Bonaccorsi, historically dedicated to the management of drug trafficking and dealing, currently headed by Domenico Querulo, 44. During the investigations of the operation “Terzo capitolo”, a total of 470 grams of cocaine, 130 grams of crack, and 3 kilograms of marijuana were seized.
For the execution of the custody measure, the mobile team of Catania used the collaboration of the investigative body of Messina and was also supported by the Central Operational Service, acting under the direct coordination of the Central Anti-Crime Directorate of the police which sent numerous crews from the Prevention of Crime Department to the city of Catania. Diverse personnel from the local police headquarters and its peripheral units were involved as well as specialized units such as the scientific police, mobile unit, and even a helicopter from the aviation unit. For the detainees already in custody for another case, the restriction measure was notified with the assistance of personnel from the prison police of the various institutions hosting them. In total, about 200 police officers were involved in the “Terzo capitolo” operation.
The recipients of the detention order in prison are: Massimiliano Arena, 41, Liliana Carbonaro, 55, Filippo Crisafulli, 62, Giuseppe D’Arrigo, 27, Antonino Andrea Doni, 29, Vincenzo Massimiliano Guardo, 47, Carmelo Alessio Guerra, 32, Claudio Guerra, 58, Concetto Damiano Guerra, 36, Emanuele Isola, 34, Emanuele Lazzara, 30, Vito Licandro, 42, Massimiliano Maccarrone, 44, Francesco Maugeri, 35, Gaetano Monforte, 41, Angelo Patanè, 32, Domenico Querulo, 44, Salvatore Rizzo, 32, Gaetano Sciuto, 23, Elisabetta Toscano, 69, Marco Turchetti, 30, Rosario Turchetti, 57 and Giuseppe Agatino Zuccaro, 32.
The recipients of the double obligation, residence, and presentation to the judicial police are. D. C, 21, M. C., 22, G. D., 22, B. L., 21, M. P., 29, A. O. S., 21, and M. T., 22. A thirty-first suspect, C. C. P., 30, was subjected to the obligation to present to the judicial police.
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