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Ercolano. The trial of Gaetano Colantuono, a 39-year-old entrepreneur from Ercolano known in the food sector, ended with a six-year prison sentence.
The man was arrested last September as part of a Guardia di Finanza operation that led to the seizure of 122 kilos of cocaine, worth approximately 30 million euros.
The drugs were found inside a container coming from Panama, which arrived at a commercial warehouse in San Giorgio a Cremano. Colantuono had been arrested while he was trying to open the provided containers,.
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At the trial, prosecutor Luigi Santulli had requested a 16-year prison sentence. Preliminary hearing judge Enrico Campoli instead issued a lighter sentence, accepting the defense's argument.lawyer Rosario Arienzo.
The lawyer underlined Colantuono's admission of the facts and his precarious economic conditions, also due to the pressure from the "local underworld".
The merchant had received pressure from local criminals
Colantuono was sentenced to nine years in prison, a basic sentence reduced to six years with mitigating circumstances and the exclusion of the particularly serious aggravating circumstance due to the quantity of drugs.
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