Lecce, pharmacy in the cars parked in the garage: two arrested

LECCE – Seizure of 9 kilos of pure cocaine and two arrests. This is the budget of a police operation in the province of Lecce, as part of a targeted service aimed at preventing and suppressing crimes of a heritage nature, ongoing for a few days in the territory from the municipality of Taurisano and its surroundings. In the afternoon of June 30, the investigators of the Flying Squad, in the municipality of Acquarica del Capo, recognized a person with a record of drug trafficking, who, on a scooter, after several Turns around a building in a street in the center, he had gone to a garage below.

The man stayed inside for only a few minutes, then quickly left, still on board the scooter, to return to Lecce. Suspecting the strange move, the police ambushed the Acquarica garage. Early in the afternoon of Sunday, July 1, a Lancia Musa arrived with two men on board, as the day before, after making several laps, they always went to the same garage. At this point, the blitz. The search of the premises and cars parked inside allowed to find cocaine and 90 thousand euros in cash. The drugs, as well as the money, was in niches made inside two cars. The niches were accessed with an electronic device. The two 35 and 28 year olds, both residents of Brindisi province, were arrested.