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Naples, drug dealing among ambulances: cocaine in the emergency room parking lot

A 52-year-old man already known to the police was stopped by the soldiers of Rione Traiano after an exchange in the parking lot of the San Paolo hospital in Fuorigrotta.
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Naples – The parking lot of an emergency room is, by definition, a place of waiting, hope, and frenzy. A constant coming and going of ambulances, doctors, and worried relatives has become, for some, the perfect cover for concealment and illicit business.

Taking advantage of this scenario, a man had set up a veritable drug dealing base outside the San Paolo hospital in Naples, in the Fuorigrotta neighborhood.

The blitz in flagrante

The activity was interrupted by Carabinieri officers from the Rione Traiano station. During a patrol, they noticed a 52-year-old man loitering suspiciously among parked cars, making no attempt to enter the healthcare facility or wait for patients.

The surveillance operation paid off within minutes: a car approached the man, and within moments, the exchange took place: cash for a dose of cocaine. The Carabinieri intervened immediately, apprehending both the dealer and the buyer before they could escape.

The measures and investigations

The client was reported to the Prefecture as a drug user. A more serious fate befell the 52-year-old, a face already known to law enforcement: he was arrested on charges of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking and, by order of the judicial authorities, was placed under house arrest pending trial.

The investigation, however, doesn't stop with the arrest. Investigators are digging deeper to determine how long the hospital area was used as a drug dealing hub. The police suspect that the arrested man had a steady stream of clients, which is why they are investigating the involvement of regular visitors to the facility and, potentially, even hospital employees. The hunt for the suppliers who supplied the fifty-two-year-old remains ongoing.

The health facility is naturally completely unrelated to drug trafficking, and the health management is collaborating with investigators by making security camera footage available to conduct checks on the pusher and his drug trafficking.

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Oh Lord! What a country of... (I'm biting my tongue)! He deals drugs in front of the hospital and they give him house arrest! So he can go out in peace and start over as before, and even better than before. At this point, why don't they also give him a plaque? I can already imagine the usual objections: the bracelets (which are actually anklets) are too few and don't work, the prisons are overcrowded, etc. etc. But no one is lifting a finger to solve the underlying problems, unless they really want to touch the penal code and the judicial system, which would be the first to be rebuilt from scratch. In fact, God forbid anyone would even remotely dream of proposing the construction of new prisons and the efficiency and expansion of the bracelets. These aren't works of science fiction, and they would require only one thing to be realized: a minimum of good will, but that's precisely what's missing. We all know that where there's a will, there's a way, but the pun is natural: it's precisely those in power who don't want it... And those few who would like to see change are tired of even talking. They know they'd be immediately stoned and pilloried by the multitude of power's lackeys, who would immediately unleash the usual accusations of judicialism and repressive authoritarianism, trampling on human rights, and so on, against anyone who dared mention the prospect of new prisons and new, functioning wristbands. I may be repetitive, but we're truly in disarray, and it shows both in these smaller (so to speak) incidents and in other, far more serious ones. And since disaster is convenient for those in power, we can only go further and further...

I agree that the structure is unrelated to trafficking, but the situation remains alarming, the health management must be more prudent, put in checks and surveillance, collaboration with investigators is important, and I wonder how these exchanges can continue even close to patients and families without anyone noticing them.

The emergency room parking lot seems like a strange place to me, but I don't want to exaggerate; the police did well to block everyone, even if I remain uncertain about how long the area was active and whether employees or suppliers were involved. The cameras should clarify everything, but more checks are needed.

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