(ANSA) - GENOA, 29 JULY - The Gdf of Genoa, in collaboration with the DEA of the USA, seized 368 kg of cocaine, over 953 thousand euros in cash and arrested three Italians for importing drugs from South America. Among the three there is an affiliate to the 'ndrangheta Alvaro di Sinopoli (Reggio Calabria) cosca.
The operation was aimed at contrasting the narco-mafias. Those arrested are accused of international drug trafficking with Mafia aggravating circumstances, huge amounts of drugs and transnationality. The drug seizure took place in the port of Genoa. The airport, as the police forces have long emphasized, remains a strategic point for drug trafficking. Since last November this is the fifth seizure of large quantities of drugs carried out in port. At the beginning of July there had been a seizure of 500 kg of cocaine and another 100 kg had been discovered last June. In January of this year, 2 tons of 'white powder' were taken off the market and last November 270 kg of heroin.