The Tax Police of Brescia worked together with Albanian, Belgian, German and Greek police to capture 24 Albanian and Italian members of three transnational crime groups and seize 130 kilograms of cocaine. Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, authorities arrested another 32, bringing the total to 56 suspects.
“They stocked the cocaine in the province of Brescia,” said Police Commander Salvatore Russo. “The drugs came from South America but the distribution happened in Italy.”
The “real European drug route” went along the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. The organizations owned a car dealership, providing them with a dozens of high-powered cars, which have been seized.
As police discovered the secret triggers in cars across Northern Italy and the Netherlands, they found 130 kilograms of cocaine and firearms. The drugs had been seized over a period of one year with about two seizures per month.
Operation BOCA (Brescia Operation Albanian crime) also led to the seizure of moveable and real estate assets, over 1 million euros and the car dealership.
During the investigation authorities recorded the violent behavior of the organization, which abducted one of their associates who had tried to sell some of the drugs independently.
“Dutch police arrested the person in charge of delivering the weapon to the hit man to punish the "traitor," authorities said in a press release. “The German police raided the place of imprisonment, arresting those responsible.”
