Naples - He attempted the leap from car theft to drug courier work for the powerful Secondigliano and Scampia clans, but his brief criminal career ended before it could even take off.
27-year-old Emanuele Floriani, a resident of the Don Guanella district of Scampia, was arrested with a shipment of nearly 27 kilos of pure cocaine.
The arrest took place late Monday evening on the Asse Mediano, near the Licola junction of the SS7 Quater. The State Police had a hunch: a Lancia traveling at high speed toward Naples aroused the officers' suspicions, and they immediately ordered a stop.
The double bottom and the millionaire cargo
The surprise, after the stop, was not long in coming. A thorough search, supported by the use of canine units, revealed an ingenious false bottom built into the rear footwell of the car. Inside, twenty-four blocks of cocaine, weighing a total of 26,8 kilograms, were cleverly concealed.
The value of the narcotic substance, which investigators believe still had to be cut, is around one million euros.
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The "qualitative leap" and the links with the clans
Floriani, known to law enforcement for an arrest in April 2024 for car theft in Ottaviano, has no specific criminal record for mafia association, but "only" for property crimes. This circumstance makes him "almost above suspicion" who, according to the investigation, decided to make a "qualitative leap" into the world of drug trafficking.
Faced with overwhelming evidence, the 27-year-old was sent to Poggioreale prison. Yesterday afternoon, the preliminary investigations judge of the Naples Court, Federica Villano, validated the arrest, granting the request of Public Prosecutor Claudio Siragusa, and ordered his pre-trial detention.
The investigation continues vigorously, now focusing on the final destination of the massive cocaine shipment. Investigators hypothesize that the nearly 27 kilos of "snow" were headed directly to the notorious drug dealing hubs of Scampia, perhaps those of Lotto G or Sette Palazzi, and that the drugs, most likely originating from Spain, were purchased by the clans using the "stake" system.
Investigators are now focusing on Floriani's interactions, analyzing in detail his phone traffic, chats, social media, and computer, in order to track down the instigators and identify which organized crime figures the million-dollar shipment was actually intended for.
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This article is about a young man who attempted to transition from car theft to drug trafficking, but was arrested. It's interesting to note how people can change direction in life, but those choices often lead to serious and unexpected consequences.