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Camorra drugs trafficker arrested in Spain

Vittorio Maglione 'leading element' in clan

21 January, 11:51
Camorra drugs trafficker arrested in Spain (ANSA) - Naples, January 21 - A suspected international drugs trafficker and alleged member of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia was arrested in southern Spain Monday in a joint operation between Italian and Spanish police.

Vittorio Maglione, 46, is a "noted international narco-trafficker in cocaine and hashish," Italian police said.

He was picked up at Mijas near Malaga in southeastern Spain.

Maglione is a "leading element" in the Ferrara-Cacciapuoti clan, active in the northern Naples hinterland, police said.

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