Last week the officers of the police station of Bovalino (Rc) arrested Paolo Nirta, 41, of San Luca (Rc), already a fugitive, considered a leading exponent of the gang Nirta-Strangio, operating in the center aspromontano and in the surrounding areas.
During the subsequent search, the police found and seized cocaine weighing 521 grams.
The search was extended to the man's home, where a Beretta caliber 9 short pistol with an abraded serial number, 150 cartridges of different caliber and other material was found and seized.