Naples, Lady drug dealer from Sanità district released: Mariarca Cotugno under house arrest

Naples.

According to the Prosecutor's Office Napoli he was in charge of the drug dealing. Orders for home deliveries of drugs were sent from his cell phone. A business that, according to investigators, brought in thousands and thousands of euros a month in the center of Naples and in particular the area of Little Fountains in the Sanità district which had become the centre of drug dealing.

Mariarca Cotugno, indicated as one of the leaders of the group dismantled in recent months by the Flying Squad with the help of the Arenella police station, obtains house arrest despite the serious accusations. The woman, thanks to the arguments of her lawyers, Gennaro De Gennaro and Emireno Valteroni, has in fact obtained house arrest.

At the registry office, Cotugno is the mother of the ras Antonio Giglio, thirty years old, indicated as the head of the group specialized in the supply and retail sale of large quantities of hashish and marijuana.

According to investigators, Antonio Giglio had established himself at the top of the Neapolitan drug dealing scene and beyond thanks to his “entrepreneurial” qualities. According to law enforcement, the group sold 24 hours a day, with continuous work shifts organized by Mariarca Cotugno.

 The Fontanelle drug dealing square controlled by his son Antonio Giglio

The orders arrived by telephone from the customer on duty and, once the place and time for the delivery of the doses had been agreed upon, the various pushers in the service of the organization would complete the operation.

The investigative activities made it possible to ascertain how the organization had not reduced its activity even during the restrictive measures resulting from the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, being able to count on a large group of pushers, flying supports and custodians of the narcotics.

A few months after her arrest, the woman was granted house arrest. The trial will begin on June 18th before the Court of Naples.