blocked and arrested by the police

LECCE – That high-speed crossing on the western ring road of Lecce certainly did not go unnoticed by the trained eye of the officers of the Mobile Police brigade who at that time were already in a patrol service for the fight against crimes in general and ‘clandestine immigration. Pizzicato with an amount of 12 kilos of cocaine, and more than 2,000 euros in cash, for a 30-year-old Leverano, Daniele Wednesday, the handcuffs went off.

In fact, yesterday afternoon a patrol noticed a Fiat Ducato speeding by in the opposite direction of the march. Immediately, after requesting the support of the Mobile teammates, involved in similar control activities, the agents set off in pursuit of the vehicle and its driver, who was quickly hit and blocked.

It was suspected that such crazy speed could not be attributed to a simple violation of the highway code, but to something much more “substantial”. Suspicions increased when the driver and owner of the truck immediately highlighted a state of agitation, completely incompatible with the current police control. In addition to requests for explanations from the officers, the young driver revealed a number of justifications for speed, which immediately appeared inconsistent and contradictory. One more fact that has increased the doubts of the police.

An initial search was then carried out, which allowed us to find, inside the interior of the van, the sum of 2,250 euros in cash. Later, the agents developed the idea that this sum could be the product of some activity related to the sale of drugs. For this reason, they requested the intervention of a canine unit of the financial police stationed in the port of Brindisi. In fact, after the first control, the agents decided to escort the vehicle to the port area for a more detailed control.

This intuition is also helpful since in the examination of the vehicle the dogs were already giving irrefutable signs of the presence of a narcotic substance hidden somewhere. Unable to find the drug with the usual means of investigation, the agents also resorted to the use of a scanner, used by the Brindisi port customs agency, which is normally used to search for drugs, illegal immigrants and weapons in vehicles. disembarking from ships.

It is clear from this activity that there have been some structural changes in the van and the subsequent intervention of the firefighters shed full light on the whole story: in fact, two hidden compartments had been created under the ground, and were posed as the base of the compartment. vehicle luggage. Around 11 kilos of cocaine and several cell phones came to light from inside the two sub-bases. All the material was seized

The control activity later continued with searches in the two houses of the Lebanese youth. In this case, too, the activity was profitable: the Mobile team police found three other mobile phones and just over a kilo of additional drugs. According to the global estimate of the drug found, bought for a value not less than 400 thousand euros, if it were cut and put on the market in situ, it could have generated a profit of several million euros for potential drug traffickers.

After the arrest and the formalities of the rite completed, at the disposal of the judicial authority, the prison doors were opened for Daniele Quarta.

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