A special swat squad of Carabinieri police on Thursday carried out a crime busting blitz dismantling a Ndrangheta drug gang dedicated to trafficking in cocaine, marijuana and hashish. reports Reppublica
Squads of Police using sniffer dogs seized 110 kilos of drugs,and high-powered weapons, and arrested 19 suspected members of the Cosenza based Perna clan of the Ndrangheta mafia
Among those arrested was Marco Perna, son of jailed for life gangland godfather Franco Perna , who headed the clan and ruled the rackets in Cosenza using vicious mafia muscle
According to police, Marco Perna took over as boss of the clan after the arrest of his feared and revered father,and gave new life to a network of Ndrangheta drug dealers positioned in shopping centers in Cosenza, who sold cocaine, marijuana and hashish
The suspects are charged with drug trafficking and possession of illegal weapons, made worse by involvement of the mafia
