In 2017, when he was still serving Warrant Officer in the Buenos Aires Provincial Police, Raul Vicente Napoli, nicknamed El Tanowas named in an anonymous complaint referring to a series of uniformed officers who were paid to protect drug cartels. Now, after he has retired from the force, he has been arrested on charges of belonging to a criminal drug organization operating in San Martin, a drug trafficking hotspot..
This has been reported to Nation Qualified judicial sources and the Ministry of Security of Buenos Aires. Naples was arrested on orders of San Martin Federal Judge Alicia Vince He refused to testify when he was investigated because he was “part of an organization of more than three people dedicated to drug trafficking.”
He added, “It is suspected that he offered for sale the seized narcotic substances as part of procedures ordered by the judiciary. Information may emerge when analyzing the mobile phones seized in the operations, and there is evidence indicating that he is the organizer of the gang.”said one of the investigators involved in the investigation that put Tano Napoli behind bars.
The retired non-commissioned officer was not the only detainee. Judicial sources explained that seven other suspects suffered the same fate.
“Tano Napoli was identified decades ago as a key actor in coordination between drug gangs, criminal groups and sectors of the security forces. The investigation, which lasted more than a year, was developed by the Italian police. Oversee police planning and operationsThis was stated in a press release, “In cooperation with the Police Headquarters and the Ministry of Security in Buenos Aires, based on a forensic analysis that revealed a sustained growth in murders due to score settling, territorial disputes and land seizures in San Martin and neighboring areas.”
The file that led to the imprisonment of Napoli and the other seven suspects is the case of drug sales in the town of 9 de Julio, a drug hotspot in San Martin.
The gang that Naples is supposed to integrate into Villa Tranquilla also operates in San Martin, a sector that has always been attributed to the drug lord Max Ali Allegri, known as Negro Ali or Alicho.
According to sources from the Ministry of Security in Buenos Aires, “Napoli served for decades as a privileged link between drug cartels and certain sectors of the force. Its role could have been instrumental in maneuvers to seize territory and homes, alerting drug organizations about police actions and interfering in investigations, leading to delays and distorting the theater of operations.”
The operations were carried out by the Supervisory Authority of the Special Operations Force of the Buenos Aires Police, in cooperation with the Auditor General of Internal Affairs (AGAI) of the Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Courtesy of Buenos Aires Police
In the proceedings, Buenos Aires police seized five firearms, eight vehicles, money, 2,000 doses of cocaine ready for sale, and 22 kilograms of marijuana.