Extortion, drugs and robberies: 13 arrests of the Squad in Brindisi

Thirteen people were arrested this morning at dawn by the Brindisi flying squad (six in prison and seven under house arrest) in execution of a precautionary measure issued by the Court of Review of Lecce in August and which became definitive a few days ago after the Court's ruling of Cassation.
The arrested are held responsible in various capacities and in competition with each other for crimes of mafia-type association, aggravated extortion, robbery, possession and carrying of a firearm and crimes relating to drugs.
The arrests are directly linked to those made by the flying squad on 14 July last year and have made it possible to uncover various alleged episodes of extortion committed against some commercial activities in the center and on the outskirts of Brindisi whose owners were forced to pay in in favor of the criminal consortium, even on a weekly basis, a sum of money called a "point".