Italian police on Tuesday arrested
33 people, including 27 Italians and six Albanians, on suspicion
of trafficking and distributing drugs in Milan. The arrests were
made in Milan, Trieste, Treviso and Varese.
The operation seized some 22 kg of cocaine, 30 kg of
marijuana, 1.5 kg of hashish, several weapons and about half a
million euros in cash, as well as 11 motor vehicles, 10 pieces
of real estate and 32 current accounts.
The probe, codenamed Old Story Eden, was triggered by
surveillance of a criminal group that tried to invest the
proceeds of a number of robberies in the drugs market, police
sources said.
By following the money and the drugs police were able to get
to two groups of Italian and Albanian traffickers, the sources
said.
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