Palermo 'Zen' district Mafia chief nabbed 17 arrests on drugs charges
(ANSA) - Palermo, June 18 - Italian police on Wednesday arrested the presumed head of Cosa Nostra in Palermo's crime-ridden Zen district, Guido Spina, on suspicion of running a "huge" drugs operation there. Police said Spina, among 17 arrested, demanded protection money from shops and firms as well as residents of the notorious Zen housing estate. To keep locals happy with his "reign," they said, he hired a popular Palermo sentimental-ballad singer for a concert there.
