(ANSA) – VARESE, OCTOBER 30 – About 1.8 tons of drugs seized, including khat, marijuana, hashish, cocaine, ayahuasca, and many other synthetics, destined for the main Italian drugstores, are the balance of the operation ” home delivery “of the Guardia di Finanza of Malpensa (Varese), which began between 2019 and 2020, in collaboration with the Customs and Monopolies Agency, to contrast the international trafficking of drugs, carried out with parcel shipments and postal packages.
1200 packs of drugs not authorized in Italy also seized. The turnover linked to the sale of drugs via parcels to and from Italy grew with the onset of the pandemic period, unlike passenger traffic. In particular, the Fiamme Gialle of Malpensa monitored the flow of postal and express shipments at the Temporary Custody Warehouses located in the Cargo area of the airport, both using analysis techniques and thanks to the canine units, managing to block the hundreds of shipments coming mainly from Spain, the United States of America and some East African countries such as Kenya and Somalia, as well as from the countries of Central and South America constantly under observation.
Shipments were mostly directed to the squares of Varese, Milan, Monza Brianza, Pavia, Bergamo, Venice, Trieste, Genoa, Ravenna, Rome, Naples, Palermo. In some cases, the investigations were characterized by the transnational nature of the illicit phenomena, making it possible to seize drugs in transit to other foreign countries.
Twenty couriers arrested during the investigation, compared to 29 reported, with a thousand people reported as recipients of drugs. (HANDLE).
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