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On Tuesday, Italian police reportedly arrested 16 people as they uncovered a Nigerian mafia drugs ring in the city of Trento, ANSA News Agency of Italy reported.
Police
said the gang controlled the drugs trade in Trento.
However, it was based in the back
of a Nigerian ethnic goods store in the Veneto city of Verona, police said –
while the drugs were stored in another Veneto city, Vicenza.
The police said those arrested
allegedly 'commuted' to and from Trento and Verona on the train.
The report added that the drugs
traffic and distribution was allegedly managed by a Nigerian woman, Agho Isoken
Tina, aka Mama T. She was allegedly assisted by her son and sister-in-law.
The gang allegedly used the
proceeds of prostitution, one of the Nigerian mafia's staple occupations, to
buy the drugs.
Trento Flying Squad Commander,
Tommaso Niglio, who led the team that smashed the gang, said many of the
pushers were poor asylum seekers, adding that they would often swallow the
doses, risking their lives rather than face arrest.
It was gathered that the police
seized half a kilogramme of cocaine and heroin in during the raid.
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