Ostia, dismantled the 'Case Rosse' drug shop
The suspects were selling up to 200 doses of drugs per day, with revenues of over EUR 1 million in the nine months of investigation alone. 24 precautionary measures in prison and 2 house arrests were ordered
The Guardia di Finanza of Rome dismantled the 'Case Rosse' drug market, one of the most important and structured in Lido di Ostia. The organisation could count on a sophisticated system maintained by pushers working 24 hours a day, home deliveries of narcotics, and revenues in the millions. The investigation culminated in a maxi-operation that led to the arrest of 26 people.
The Blitz
The Gdf investigation concerns a total of 29 subjects, all Italian citizens. The alleged offences are association for the purpose of illicit trafficking in drugs and the production, trafficking and possession of these substances, as well as breach of seal and self-laundering.
The operation kicked off at dawn and saw more than two hundred members of the Guardia delle Fiamme Gialle, supported by anti-drug sniffer dogs and a helicopter from the Civitavecchia air and sea operations department. The police applied 24 precautionary measures in prison and two under house arrest at the request of the local Anti-Mafia District Directorate.
In parallel with the arrests, the Guardia di Finanza searched the homes of the suspects to seize assets and money, the origin of which the subjects could not justify or the large amount of which was disproportionate to their officially declared income and economic activity.
The 'Red Houses'
According to the investigations, a true criminal association operated in the drug market, organised in a capillary manner throughout the territory. The group ran a highly profitable cocaine and heroin trafficking business: between one hundred and one hundred and fifty doses were sold every day. During the nine months of investigation alone, the estimated revenue exceeded one million euro.
