An operation by the Guardia Di Financa in Padua, Italy, has arrested eight people while seizing 10 kilograms of cocaine. 

It is about an Albanian-Italian criminal group, where among those arrested are 5 Albanian citizens, 2 Tunisians and an Italian, while 30 other people are being investigated at large. 

According to the Italian media, the leaders of this gang operated from Albania while they had extended their activity in both countries. 

Involvement in a criminal group for the purpose of trafficking in narcotics, possession and trade in cocaine are just some of the charges brought by the Italian authorities against the 8 arrested persons. 

Cocaine and heroin were trafficked through vehicles, where the drugs were hidden in the back of the car while these vehicles traveled by land or sea by ferry. 

Members of this criminal group communicated through coded phones and therefore it was difficult for them to be intercepted. 

The criminal activity as far as the Italian territory was concerned was spread between Padua, Milan and Venice, where the members of this group were also located. 

According to what the Italian media write, the group was supplied with drugs mainly from Albania. 

In its operation, the Guardia di Financa also seized 30.000 EUR.