Rome – An Italian drug trafficker who had escaped arrest for 15 years was finally caught after he returned home for the birthday of his beloved daughter, police said on Friday. David Cittadini, 49, is due to serve a sentence of 13 years and four months for criminal association and international drug trafficking. In the run-up to the daughter's 23rd birthday, plainclothes policemen stationed "for days" outside the mother's apartment block, until they saw their man go in. In 2006, Italian authorities ordered the arrest of Cittadini and 26 other suspects following an investigation by anti-Mafia prosecutors and special operations police. According to prosecutors, Cittadini played a leading role in a drug smuggling ring that supplied Rome dealers, sourcing cocaine and hashish from South America and Morocco.

Source: News 24 May 28, 2021 09:56 UTC