(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 20 - Carabinieri military police on Monday carried out a major anti-international drug trafficking operation targeting an Italian-Albanian criminal organisation operating mainly across Sardinia, Liguria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Marche and Abruzzo.
    In total 40 people were arrested in the sweep dubbed 'Family and Friends'.
    Of the suspects, 22 were placed in pre-trial prison custody and 18 under house arrest.
    Investigators believe the gang was led by a man from Quartu Sant'Elena near the Sardinian regional capital of Cagliari, who managed relations with Spain for imports of hashish and with Albania for cocaine. (ANSA).