Finance police on Friday
arrested 22 people following an investigation into international
drug trafficking that identified three separate criminal
organisations.
Police seized 52 kg of hashish and six grams of heroin and
cocaine in the operation, which took place across 16 cities in
northern Italy.
All 22 of those arrested were sent to jail, accused of
illicit trafficking, possession and sale of drugs.
Charges for ten of the arrested had transnational crime as
an aggravating factor.
Five other suspects are still being sought by police.
Investigators said the suspects operated in northern
Italian cities, primarily Trento and Rovereto, with drugs
supplied by contacts in Spain and Morocco.
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