ROME – Italian police say they have arrested a 42-year-old gravestone maker after they found more than a kilogram (2.4 pounds) of cocaine hidden in two burial chambers at a Rome cemetery.
Police say Thursday that officers in pain clothes entered the Verano Monumental Cemetery after noticing a car going in at high speed. Police say the driver entered a chapel and removed the gravestone of a burial recess.
Police say they found cocaine, scales and other drug-related items Wednesday.
A few meters (yards) from the first hiding place the agents spotted another loose gravestone and found a handgun and ammunition.
The suspect is a marble worker who makes gravestones. He was detained on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons.
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