Stopped in Porto Torres with 12 kg of drugs for 1.5 million

Veneto Turismo, discovering Unesco sites by bicycle (3) (ANSA)

(ANSA) – PORTO TORRES, 25 AUG – He had just disembarked in his Citroen C4 from a ferry coming from Barcelona and was headed to a B&B in Sassari where he was going to spend a holiday, but in the car he was hiding 12 kilos of hashish and cocaine. This was discovered by the soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of the Porto Torres Tenenza. A 54-year-old Spaniard arrested.

Seized 120 sticks of hash of 100 grams each and a stick of cocaine. The drug would have brought in over 1.5 million euros.

The new operation conducted by the soldiers of the yellow flames of Porto Torres, coordinated by captain Manuel Milia, started on Tuesday morning. The soldiers were engaged in the usual checks at the landings in Porto Torres, at work the canine units with the Border Collie, Fred, a dog of about two years experienced in sniffing even the slightest trace of drugs.

Checking out the Citroen C4 with the Spaniard on board, Fred immediately aimed at the car.

A detailed search was immediately started which allowed the first half a stick of drugs to be recovered in the trunk. But the drug dog and the soldiers of the Yellow Flames were not satisfied. Fred kept ‘pointing’ at the front of the car. Identifying the huge load was not easy. The blocks were hidden behind the front dashboard in a double bottom that opened with combinations, the financiers took it apart and found the blocks. The prison doors have opened for the Spanish courier. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

Share this article:

Leave a Reply

most popular