Yesterday afternoon, the officers of the San Paolo Police Station, as part of the services set up for this purpose, carried out an operation aimed at combating drug smuggling. cigarettes in the Fuorigrotta area.
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In particular, the police officers carried out an observation operation in via Gabriele Rossetti during which they noticed a subject near a car and, not far away, a box of cigarettes, and another near a scooter.
The officers, who promptly intervened, blocked both and checked the two vehicles, finding 210 packs of cigarettes weighing 42 kg in the car, while in the trunk of the scooter another 20 packs weighing 4 kg. Furthermore, the officers, in the same street, checked the home of a third individual, identified as a 43-year-old Neapolitan with a criminal record. police, even specific ones, inside which they found 124 packs of cigarettes weighing 25 kg.
3550 packets of contraband cigarettes seized
A total of 3550 packages without the State Monopoly mark were seized.
Therefore, the 43-year-old Napoli, together with the driver of the car, a 46 year old Neapolitan with a police record, were taken into custody arrest for smuggling foreign manufactured tobacco, while the driver of the motorcycle was administratively fined for the same reason.
Article published on 5 October 2023 - 15:20
