04 March 2021
DRUGS IN THE HANDS OF THE WIVES OF THE BOSSES IN PRISON: 14 ARRESTS BETWEEN PALERMO, CARINI AND MISILMERI

From production to sale. 14 were arrested this morning by the carabinieri between Palermo, Carini and Misilmeri , accused of having set up a business that ranged from cultivation to the sale of marijuana.

The 14 suspects (seven in prison and seven under house arrest) are accused of criminal association aimed at drug trafficking, dealing and detention for the purpose of dealing, illegal possession of common firearms, possession of clandestine weapons and receiving stolen goods.

From there the beginning of the investigation, coordinated by the deputy Salvatore De Lucia, which also led to the seizure of three marijuana plantations, and which led to the emergence of a continuous and organized drug production and cultivation activity in Carini and Palermo.

It also turned out that things had changed since 2018 . With the arrest, over time, of some members of the gang, there was a change in the top-down structure: the leaders were replaced by their wives.