Drug trafficking managed by the San Luca 'ndrangheta, 14 arrests. The State police has completed a vast operation aimed at executing various orders of pre-trial detention in prison issued against prominent elements of the Mammoliti and Giorgi families of San Luca and other individuals from Locride and the Piana di Gioia Tauro, believed to be responsible for criminal association aimed at cocaine trafficking.

The investigators of the Siderno police station and of the mobile team of the Reggio Calabria police headquarter also carried out numerous searches. Bunkers were discovered in the homes of some arrested. About 100 State Police officers employed.

The investigations conducted by the Siderno police station began with the capture of the ex-fugitive Rocco Mammoliti, arrested in the Netherlands on June 9, 2016 and extradited to Italy on August 18 of the same year. The DDA managed to identify the logistical bases of the traffickers who, in Benestare, in Locride, used a shed as their headquarters. The drug ended up in Puglia and Sicily while the counterpart was paid to the bosses in a butchery owned by Domenico Pellegrino. In a single day, three suspects delivered on behalf of the brothers Giovanni and Giuseppe Giorgi quantities of cocaine for a value of 340 thousand euros in banknotes of various denominations. Money, divided into bundles,