The Italian finance police said Monday
that they had seized around 6.3 tonnes of chemical 'ingredients'
for ecstasy in a series of operations linked to a probe launched
two years ago.
They said the raids had blocked the potential production of 63
million ecstasy tablets with a market value of around 630
million euros.
The first operation regarded a shipment that arrived at Milan's
Malpensa airport in 2022.
After intercepting the shipment, the police conducted a
"controlled delivery" to the intended destination at a
Milan-based company with an operations facility at Caronno
Pertusella in the province of Varese.
This information made it possible to launch further
investigations in the Netherlands, via international
cooperation, and identify a warehouse for the storage of
narcotics and the seizure of more material used to refine drugs.
As a result the Dutch authorities arrested two Chinese nationals
and the legal representative of the company that imported the
shipment is under investigation.
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