Three people are under precautionary measures in the Avellino hinterland in connection with an alleged drug-dealing network centered on Aiello del Sabato. Those named in local press reports are siblings Massimo and Anna Picariello of Aiello del Sabato and Ciro Festa of Avellino.
According to IrpiniaNews, the new order is a second precautionary measure for the siblings, who had previously been arrested in the same investigation. The other reports describe the same operation as the execution of three measures ordered during the preliminary-investigations phase.
What the measures require
The three people are required to reside in their own municipality and are prohibited from leaving home between 19:00 and 07:00. The orders combine a residence requirement with an overnight curfew.
GrNet attributes the execution of the measures to the Guardia di Finanza of Avellino, acting on an order from the preliminary-investigations judge in Avellino.
As with all measures issued at this stage, the allegations are provisional and do not establish final criminal responsibility. The final judicial outcome and the outcome of any review-court proceedings remain unknown.
The towns named in the investigation
Investigators allege that the group operated across Aiello del Sabato, Contrada and Monteforte Irpino. Supplies are alleged to have come from the Pagani area.
The exact legal relationship between the new measures and the siblings' earlier detention is not fully clarified across the available reports.
How the case was built
The investigation used technical surveillance, including telephone and environmental interceptions, video recordings and seizures. The reports attribute the inquiry to the Guardia di Finanza of Avellino.
In intercepted conversations, investigators allege that those involved used code words for drugs, including "melanzane" and, in some conversations, "abbracci". The sources describe these terms as alleged cover language for drugs generally, not as product-specific labels established by a court.
No independently retrieved official release from the Guardia di Finanza or the Avellino prosecutor's office was available in the research; the reporting attributes the operation to those institutions.
The February 2025 seizure
A central episode cited in the reports dates to February 2025, when investigators allegedly found drugs concealed near the siblings' home.
The reported quantities were approximately 350 grams of cocaine, about two kilograms of hashish and roughly 630-650 grams of marijuana. The small difference reflects rounding between sources: one report gives more precise figures of about 1.943 kilograms of hashish and 630 grams of marijuana, while another rounds them to two kilograms and 650 grams.
The substances were allegedly hidden in an underground trapdoor and near or inside a disused vehicle close to the home in Aiello del Sabato.
What happens next
At this stage, the case remains in the preliminary-investigations phase. Further steps could include questioning, defense filings and decisions by the competent courts, but none of those developments is documented in the sources consulted.
Readers should treat names, quantities and alleged roles as reported investigative claims until confirmed by subsequent judicial decisions.
