Carabinieri police in Naples on
Tuesday detained 86 people suspected of being members of a clan
of the local Camorra crime syndicate on drug trafficking and
dealing charges, aggravated by the mafia-style method, according
to DDA anti-mafia investigators in the port city who conducted
the probe.
The suspects are accused of being members of the Puccinelli
clan that operates in a district called Rione Traiano, which is
considered its stronghold.
According to investigators, entire families working for the
clan prepared and sold cocaine, hashish and marijuana in bunkers
with a video surveillance system that had been illegally built
in public housing.
Armed members of the clan also allegedly patrolled squares
where the drug was sold, as well as the roads of access to the
district with "checkpoints" to direct buyers and alert pushers
if police arrived, investigators also said.
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