Carabinieri police in Pomigliano
d'Arco near Naples have arrested 27 people as part of an
operation coordinated by DDA anti-mafia investigators to
dismantle two rival clans of the local Camorra crime syndicate,
investigative sources said on Monday.
Twenty-three arrest warrants were served on detainees while four
other suspects were placed under house arrest on charges of
Mafia-style criminal association, extortion, public intimidation
with the use of firearms, arson attack, attempted murder,
criminal association aimed at drug trafficking, usury and
abduction, among others, the sources said.
The arrest warrants were issued by a preliminary investigations
judge (GIP) in Naples at the request of the DDA against alleged
affiliates of rival criminal clans "Ferretti" and "Cipolletta",
accused of operating in Pomigliano d'Arco and the area around
it.
The two alleged clans are suspected of controlling the local
drugs market and are believed to be responsible for arson
attacks and attempted murders, among others, investigators said.
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