In Naples in the neighborhood of Fuorigrotta a 37-year-old man throws a kilo of cocaine out of the window and then jumps from the first floor: he ends up in hospital and then in handcuffs. Carabinieri also arrest a woman and seize 50 thousand euros, half of it under the mattress
It took him just a few seconds to understand that his only hope of escape was through the window. A few moments to understand that the carabinieri had foreseen everything.
It's late evening in via Campagna and the military of the investigative unit of Napoli They knock on the door of an apartment on the first floor of a building in the neighborhood near the old army arsenal. They have surrounded the building, impossible to escape. Mario Gratino he's at home, with him Carmela Marasco of 35 years.
When they hear the blows on the security door accompanied by the word “Carabinieri” they understand that there is no time to reflect. They have to hide that kilo of cocaine, avoid arrest and seizure.
So Gratino aims at window, he opens it wide and throws like a baseball pitcher those thousand grams from over a thousand doses. Then he launches himself.
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The carabinieri, already positioned in every corner, grabbed that package from “out of sight”.
Gratino also falls into their arms. Not a soft landing for him. He breaks his arm and causes a head injury.
A rush to the hospital and then the handcuffs. Same fate for Carmela Marasco. In the house not only drugs but also 50 thousand euros in cash, many of these hidden under the mattress in the bedroom. The GIP of the Court of Naples will decide on the arrest.
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