Extortion and drugs, 12 measures per group linked to Banda Magliana

Drugs and extortion, 12 precautionary measures carried out in Lazio against a group connected in the past to the Banda della Magliana. The Carabinieri of Bracciano, with the support of the Helicopter Nucleus of Pratica di Mare, the Dog Nucleus of Santa Maria di Galeria, the Compagnia di Ronciglione, the Compagnia Roma-Casilina and the Companies of the Ostia Group, have in fact carried out an order issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Tivoli, at the request of the local Public Prosecutor’s Office, against 12 subjects (4 in prison, 2 under house arrest, 4 residence obligation and 2 obligation to present in the barracks), residing in the northern area of ​​the province Roman and, in particular, between the municipalities of Castelnuovo di Porto and Morlupo. The 12 suspects, all Italians, are charged, in various capacities, with the crimes of “concurrence in the possession and dealing of drugs, extortion, fire, carrying and illegal possession of firearms”. Preemptively seized movable property, real estate and current accounts, for a value of over six hundred thousand euros (including a villa located in Morlupo and two Audi cars), as well as numerous searches against subjects close to the criminal group of Morlupo. The investigation activity, conventionally called “Gerione”, began in May 2019, following an arrest in flagrant crime for detaining 6 kg of hashish and ammunition, operated by personnel from the Carabinieri Station Command of Castelnuovo di Port in the municipality of Morlupo. In fact, it emerged that what was found was attributable to another local person, already known to the police, who allegedly forced the arrested person to detain the drug on his behalf. borne by the members of a family from Morlupo, known to the local chronicles as it was connected, in the past, to the Banda della Magliana. It has even been established that one of the arrested, a serial robber, currently detained, provided operational instructions to his brother from prison, so that through “pizzini” and conversations with illegally detained cell phones, he continued to manage the drug trafficking activity between Rome Castelnuovo and Morlupo. During these conversations, the detainee went on to organize a drug and sim card shipment to the prison, while on some occasions he limited himself to placing bets on the football events of the moment. identify the supply channel of the local drug market, supplied with periodic shipments of large quantities from the Casal Bruciato district of Rome. The group was so well organized that one of the couriers used, an employee of a printing company, transported the drug using a means of his own company in order not to arouse suspicion. between various local subjects who, in a not always consenting manner, provided support for the drug dealing activity conducted by the criminal team. Among these is a woman from Morlupo who would have been forced to detain and sell the drug. Another woman, on the other hand, struck by the precautionary measure because she was organically included in the criminal group, was in charge of collecting payments related to the retail sales of drugs. they had no qualms about resolving private disputes and disputes that arose in drug trafficking through brutal acts of violence. In one case, they allegedly damaged a car dealership with a Molotov cocktail, as a high-powered car purchased from that store had mechanical problems.