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.
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