By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 27 Feb 2012 • 12:11
A MOROCCAN man, believed to be the main provider of hashish to the Neapolitan Camorra, was arrested in Malaga.
Identified by his initials M.I.M.A., he had a European Arrest Warrant against him issued by the Italian Authorities and was arrested by the Guardia Civil with the collaboration of the Italian Carabinieri.
He is believed to have belonged to a network that shipped 500 kilos if hashish a month into Italy, the Ministry of Interior revealed.
At the same time, 23 people, of Moroccan, Italian and Polish nationality were arrested in Napoli, Imperia, Rome, Terni and Palermo in Italy.
Amongst them are important members of several mafia clans responsible for importing hashish into Italy, including Vincenzo Baccante, a member of the Nuvoletta clan, and brother of Luigi Baccante, who is serving time for murdering Mattino journalist Giancarlo Siani.
The man detained in Malaga has a criminal record in Spain and has used several identities in drugs trafficking and document forgery. Throughout the investigation, which began in 2009, 400 tones and three kilos of cocaine were seized.
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