Cagliari - "Pintadera 2" operation

The Cagliari State Police carried out 12 precautionary measures in prison requested by the Cagliari Anti-Mafia District Attorney for the crime of conspiracy aimed at drug trafficking. 

The investigations, conducted by policemen of the Flying Squad, concern illicit drug dealing that occurred in the stable sites in Cagliari in via Seruci n.3, between the 2018 / 19, in respect of people being investigated also in past years. 

The State Police reconstructed the criminal traffic carried out by the suspects, who had created a real drug market in the buildings on Via Seruci that ranged from cocaine, heroin, to speedball.

Telephone tapping activities, video filming systems, traditional observation services, simulated narcotics purchases by undercover agents, and scrutiny provided by numerous drug purchasers, formed the core of the investigation.

The State Police have documented the existence of a permanently organized group that operated without interruption even on holidays, under the constant surveillance of lookouts ready to report any possible "dangerous presence".

The supplies were operated through a standardized system, that is, the drug addicts were gathered by the members of the group near the building in Via Seruci n.3, then they were directed to the entrance of the building where they did the orders and paid the requested fee in advance, then the shift drug dealer went up to the upper floors taking the already prepared doses.

Relevant for the purpose of the investigation were the various wiretaps in which the suspects in the various conversations, sometimes using cryptic language, referred to the illegal activity under investigation.

The female component of the group also played a significant role, including one in particular, fully involved in the delinquent activity, which provided its home as a logistics base for the criminal association.

The other associates mainly carried out the activity of lookouts, stationed near the buildings where the drug dealing was taking place with the specific purpose of warning their business associates of the possible arrival of the police, and of giving the drugs to the buyers by delivering the doses and receiving money.

During the investigation, nr.16 people were arrested, and heroin per 196,013 grams, cocaine per gram of 70,6, heroin and cocaine mix per 34,664 grams, methadone per mg 75 and a total of ready-to-use doses were seized overall. shop seized for a number of 1.689.

Cagliari - "Pintadera 2" operation