Polizia di Stato officers from Rome, assisted by the Frosinone Flying Squad, arrested a couple living in Alatri, in the province of Frosinone, on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale.[1][2][3][4][5] The home searched was in the Tecchiena area of Alatri.[5] The operation was conducted on 29 October 2026 and the news was released on 10 November 2026.[5] The man is 53 and the woman 34.[6][2][7][8][3][5] At the custody hearing the court ordered the man held in prison and imposed no custodial measure on the woman.[1][3]

The investigation began with a rented city car that moved between towns of the Frosinone area on an itinerary that struck officers as suspicious.[1][2][7][8][3][4] Officers found a few hundred euros in cash and two mobile phones in the car, which they believe were used to keep contact with buyers while the drugs were being distributed.[9][3] In the couple’s home some of the cocaine and hashish was hidden in a chest freezer among ice cream and other frozen food.[1][2][7][8][3][4][5] A larger store was hidden under the stairs, where police found more than 1.5 kg of cocaine in a sealed box, some of it loose and some packaged for retail sale in wrappers marked with images of a car brand and children’s toys.[9][2]

In total police seized more than 16 kg of drugs, cocaine and hashish together, and more than 700 euros in cash found in a drawer.[6][2][8][3][5] ANSA put the market value of the haul at more than one million euros.[6] More than 700 euros in cash was found in a drawer in the home.[9] Police did not say how much of the 16 kg was hashish and how much was cocaine.[10]

The case is at the preliminary investigation stage, and the two suspects are presumed innocent until a final conviction.[1][3]