A special enforcing squad of the State Police of Caserta conducted a raid during dawn and arrested twenty alleged members of a Camorra clan charged with drug trafficking tied to the mafia
The arrested are allegedly members of the notorious Belforte clan of the Camorra aka “Mazzacane” operating in the drug rackets in the region of Caserta
Authorities allege the clan supplied large quantities of cocaine ,crack and hashish to drug dealers operating in stores and streets on their turf , who were then forced to fork over a percentage of the sale proceeds to the Belforte clan
Police say in a similar operation in 2012 members of the same mob were arrested for mafia association, extortion, and crimes committed to facilitate the Belforte clan of the Camorra