Guards of the provincial command of the Guardia di Finanza in Foggia executed pre-trial measures against 11 people accused of trafficking and illegal possession of drugs, in Foggia, Cerignola and San Giovanni Rotondo.[1] Four of the 11 were jailed, three were placed under house arrest, three were ordered to stay in their home municipalities and one must report to the judicial police.[1] Investigators said the network supplied, stored and distributed drugs from a base in Foggia with branches in San Giovanni Rotondo, keeping some in the suspects’ homes and larger amounts in properties made available by people outside the ring.[1]

During the investigation officers seized about five kilos of drugs, a combined figure covering hashish, marijuana and cocaine.[1] The seized hashish included a variety called Mousse that laboratory tests found to contain 70% to 85% THC, a concentration the investigators called particularly high.[2] According to the prosecution case, some of those involved kept running the dealing from their homes while already under house arrest in earlier drug cases.[2]

Separately from the 11 measures, three people were arrested in flagrante, three were reported at liberty and five were referred for personal use of drugs.[3] The measure was issued by the investigating judge of the Foggia court on 29 October at the request of the Foggia prosecutor’s office, and the file names 16 suspects in all.[4] The Foggia economic-financial police unit and the Foggia Guardia di Finanza group carried out the investigation, which prosecutors in Foggia coordinated.[5]