The Porto Cervo police station staff executed an order from the Tempio District Judge, addressing 19 people. Thirteen individuals were placed in pre-trial detention.

According to the prosecutor's hypothesis, there is talk of a vast cocaine dealing network, active in Arzachena, Olbia, Palau, Santa Teresa, Tempio, and La Maddalena between mid-2024 and the end of 2025.

The operation had been ongoing for months, coordinated by Acting Prosecutor Alessandro Bosco. The measures were implemented in the last few hours, marking the latest installment of an investigation that had already led to numerous arrests in recent months.

THE NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED

Pre-trial detention has been ordered for Ugo Demontis, 51, from Palau, one of the key figures in the investigation; Tommaso Orecchioni, 66, from Luogosanto; Lorenzo Casu, 34, from Sassari; Silvio Cocco, 40, from Olbia; Pietro Floris, 69, from Desulo; Santino Mariani, 54, from Palau; Massimo Pirina, 53, from La Maddalena; Andrea Pruneddu, from Tempio; Ruggero Bettarelli, 34, from Nuoro; Carlo Demontis, 61, from Sassari; Emanuele Campus, 27, from Palau; Fabrizio Bua, 60, from Domusnovas; and Vincenzo Perra, 53, from Cagliari.

House arrest was instead ordered for Maria Isabella Acquaviva, from Palau, Massimo Scotto, 60, from Palau, Carlo Borghetti, 41, from Olbia, Michele Demontis, 47, from Santa Teresa, Mario Franco Aresu, 58, from Palau, and Luciano Zola, 54, from Rome.

Most of the accused reside in Palau.

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