CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ARRESTED FOR MAFIA TIES

(AGI) - Cosenza, Sept. 7 - Among the 63 people arrested at dawn yesterday as part of the Starprice 3-Azimut operation against alleged member of the Muto Di Cetraro clan, specialised in extortion, usury, and drug trafficking, there is also a San Marco Argentano city council member. He is Ferdinando Lanzillotta, 43, responsible for sport, a jeweller by profession, and is accused of collaborating in a robbery of a gem representative. Lanzillotta has been suspended from his job as council member by a measure issued by Diego D'Amico, Cosenza police chief. (AGI)