(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 25 - Carabinieri police based in the
province of Messina on Tuesday staged a huge operation to
execute warrants for the arrest of 112 people suspected of
involvement in drugs trafficking.
Sicily was the main focus of the operation but there were also
raids in Calabria, other parts of Italy and even abroad.
A judge issued warrants for 85 people to be put into
preventative incarceration and 27 to be put under house arrest
following a request by Messina prosecutors.
The suspects are accused of crimes including criminal
association, the trafficking, cultivation and sale of narcotics,
self-laundering and extortion..
The operation has dismantled several different crime gangs that
were active in the province of Messina and had links to
criminals outside the region, including abroad. (ANSA).
Carabinieri arrest 112 in huge Messina drugs operation
Several crime gangs dismantled at once