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Initially, the officers became interested in the gang from an investigation into the exploitation of prostitution, with one of the detainees involved.
The police operation, which lasted more than a year, codenamed "White Honey" because one of the group leaders had officially a beekeeping activity, with dozens of hives being searched because was suspected of actually hiding cocaine.
The considerable amount of drug packaging materials and empty hives suggest that the 4 kilos of pure cocaine and heroin found in one of the gang-owned apartments are simply remnants of a much larger quantity, already distributed in the market.