(ANSA) - Cagliari, March 7 - A preliminary hearings judge in
Cagliari, Sardinia, ruled on Wednesday that 15 people will be
tried on a number of charges including drug and arms trafficking
and the planned theft of the body of Enzo Ferrari, founder of
the Ferrari carmaker.
Eight others plea-bargained jail terms ranging from four
years to three months while an additional 18 chose a fast-track
trial.
DDA anti-mafia investigators believe the suspects were part
of a network based in Orgosolo, Sardinia.
Giovanni Antonio Mereu, known as Caddina, who chose a
fast-track trial, is accused of being the ringleader.
The gang is suspected, among other things, of stealing
weapons from the army before they were supposed to be destroyed
and of planning to take the body of Enzo Ferrari, buried in
Modena, to ask for a ransom.
The fast-track trial will be held on May 17 in Cagliari while
the regular trial will begin the following day in Nuoro.
Gang accused of planning to steal Ferrari's body on trial
15 to be tried in Nuoro, 18 choose fast-track trial