PALERMO DRUG RING BUSTED

(ANSA) - Palermo, November 12 - Police on Thursday busted what they consider to be a major drug trafficking ring and arrested four people, all members of the same family.

The four are believed to have run the illegal drug trade here in the Sicilian capital as well as the city of Agrigento.

They were named as: Pietro Cannata, 54; Antonio Cannata, 34; Daniele Cannata 26; and Nicolo' Cannata, 34, who was already in custody.

The investigation allowed police to undercover a network of dealers in the two cities and identify two main sources of supply, the most important one for hashish and cocaine from Naples. The probe, code-named Michelangelo 2, was a follow-up to one which last June led to the arrest of 12 mafiosi and the seizure of 10kg of cocaine.