Finance police based in the Calabria
regional capital of Catanzaro on Monday executed arrest orders
against 25 people in Italy, Germany and Belgium who are
suspected of being part of a criminal organization that
allegedly ran an international arms and drug trafficking ring.
The suspects, investigated by a joint team comprising Italian,
German and Belgian authorities, were arrested on charges of
criminal association for drugs trafficking, weapons offences and
drugs offences.
Assets worth 3.8 million euros were also seized in the
operation.
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