A real “green jungle” cultivated between the hidden terraces of the mountains, and a house transformed into a deposit of weapons and drugs. This is the dual scenario on which the carabinieri of the Stilo and Monasterace station intervened, with the support of the “Calabria Calabria Cacciatori” Squadron, during a wide -ranging activity among the municipalities of the Reggio area.
In the mountain territory of Stilo, in “Quote Roseto”, the military identified a cannabis plantation with almost 850 shrubs, of variable height and in full vegetative phase. The plants, cultivated on a fence -free and hardly accessible soil, were cleverly concealed in the dense vegetation, an evident sign of a well -structured organization and aimed at large -scale production of drugs. A few steps away, inside an abandoned cottage, over a kilo of dried marijuana were found, tools for the processing and cultivation of drugs, and a 12 -caliber cartridge with dry ball. After the sampling, the entire plantation was destroyed on the spot, while the material found was seized.
In Monasterace, however, the searches led to the discovery of a semi -automatic pistol with an abraded serial number, complete with a charger, kept inside a cloth, together with over 300 ammunition of various caliber, some of which are classified as war ammunition. In the same context, modest quantities of marijuana were also found, precision weight weighing material and cannabis seeds, which are also seized.