A 32 -year -old Italian citizen with precedents arrested for possession of drugs for drug dealing purposes.
The activity – carried out by the steering wheels of the Siderno police station – arose in the context of the control of the territory to Gioiosa Jonicawhen the transit of a van in the early hours of the morning attracted the attention of the operators.
The driver, without documents, had been invited for further investigations in the police station, as his attitude and statements had become suspicious of the agents. To divert the control, the 32 -year -old skidded with the vehicle going to collide against a wall at the height of the roundabout leading to Siderno in via dello Sport.
Sear the vehicle, the presence of a well -concealed slit behind the mudguard was found that allowed access to a compartment, created handcrafted, under the loading platform, where 17 cocaine loaves were found. For the complete recovery, the intervention of the firefighters was necessary which provided to cut the metal coverage of the background, managing to open it in its entirety and to take the other 16 loaves.
The total of the seized cocaine amounts to almost 40 kg, for an economic value of about 3,000,000 euros.
At the end of the ritual duties, the subject – as ordered by the Locri prosecutor – was transferred to prison, where still remains in the custodial regime in accordance with when established by the investigating judge.