Law enforcement (lis fuarcis dal ordin) have busted a clandestine frico smuggling ring (a àn sbaraiât un trafic clandestin di frico) in central Friûl (tal Friûl di Mieç).
During a raid at the crack of dawn (intant di une incursion sul cricâ dal dì), officers managed to bust (i agjents a àn rivât a sbaraiâ) a secret frico smuggling operation (une operazion segrete di cuintribant di frico). Four foreign nationals have been arrested (a son stâts arestâts cuatri citadins forescj): three Albanians and a Bulgarian (trê albanês e un bulgar).
The crooks were caught with numerous batches of illegal frico (i malvivents a son stâts cjapâts cun cetancj lots di frico no legâl). The frico had allegedly been prepared in the Balkans (il frico al sarès stât preparât tai Balcans) by a Friulian woman (di une siore furlane) of advanced age (indenant cui agns) who had to flee Friûl (che e veve scugnût scjampâ vie dal Friûl) after attempting to introduce (dopo di vê cirût di fâ jentrâ) her secret recipes (lis sôs ricetis segretis) into the gastronomic tradition of her village of origin (te tradizion gastronomiche dal so paîs di origjin). We tasted the outlawed frico (o vin cerçât il frico fûr leç); unfortunately (magari cussì no), it was spectacular (al jere spetacolâr).
Investigations targeted two establishments (lis investigazions si son concentradis su doi locâi) posing as bike shops (fasintsi passâ par buteghis di bicis). The officers also found (i agjents a àn ancje cjatât) a loaded rifle (un fusîl cjariât) in one of the two shops (intune des dôs buteghis), along with a great deal of cash (dutun cuntun slac di bêçs).
All four have now been locked up (ducj i cuatri si cjatin cumò in scjaipule). The officers remind us (i agjents nus ricuardin) that the sale of foreign frico (che la vendite di frico forest) is forbidden on Friulian territory (e je improibide sul teritori furlan). As for the ring leader (par ce che al tocje il cjâf de bande), she is still at large somewhere in the Balkans (e reste a pît libar di cualchi bande tai Balcans). / r.p.