In Roccalumera, a 29-year-old from Catania, already known to the police, was arrested by the Carabinieri for “detention for the purpose of dealing narcotic substances”.
The arrest was carried out yesterday evening by the Carabinieri of the local station, who – as part of a territorial control service set up near the local motorway junction – stopped the car in which the subject was travelling.
The latter, displaying a nervous and impatient attitude, induced the military to carry out some investigations, carrying out a personal and vehicular search and finding over 100 grams of hashish, as well as 650 euros in banknotes of various denominations, believed to be the proceeds of illicit activity.
For this reason, the man was then declared under arrest and placed under house arrest at the disposal of the judicial authority, awaiting the validation hearing, while the drugs were sent to the Carabinieri of the RIS of Messina for laboratory analysis.