Arrested by the carabinieri the Calabrian boss Simone Cuppari, head of the namesake 'ndrina originally from Brancaleone (Reggio Calabria) and based in Francavilla al Mare (Chieti) from where he controls the traffic of drugs and recycling. Cuppari was wanted since February 2017, when it had escaped capture during the "Design" operation, coordinated by the district anti-mafia directorate of L'Aquila and conducted by the Carabinieri of the provincial Command of Chieti. The boss, already sentenced to 28 years, was tracked down and arrested in an anonymous house in the province of Bergamo.