Robbery suspect, 27, jailed in Alessandria after police find 11 kg of hashish
Police in Alessandria jailed a 27-year-old Italian man in pre-trial custody over a knife robbery of a Chinese woman in her home in March 2026, during which investigators searching his flat found about 11 kg of hashish. He was arrested on drug charges at the time, and the robbery and drug cases are being handled as separate investigations.
Police in Alessandria jailed a 27-year-old Italian man in pre-trial custody on
suspicion of the aggravated robbery of a Chinese woman in her home,
investigators at the city’s Squadra Mobile, the police flying squad, said.[1]The robbery happened in March 2026, when the man came to the woman’s flat posing
as a client of the sexual services she offered there.[1]Once inside he beat
her, demanded cash and valuables and wounded her with a knife, then took two
mobile phones and a few dozen euros.[1]The officers who searched his flat for
evidence in the robbery found about 11 kg of hashish divided into packets of
roughly 100 grams each, and arrested him at the scene on drug charges, which the
reports treat as a separate case.[1]
At the time of the robbery he was serving house arrest for other offences but
was allowed to leave home for set hours each day, which investigators said gave
him the chance to reach the woman’s flat.[1]He had previous convictions for
similar offences.[1]
The custody measure concerns the robbery; the drug case is a separate
investigation, and the man is still under investigation with no final ruling on
either accusation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The Italian outlets give the custody order's publication date (4 November 2026) rather than the date it was issued; 3 November 2026 comes from the Chinese-language account and is used as the incident date.
The hashish is described as about 11 kg, not an exact weighed figure, and no source states the number of packets.
The value of 'several tens of thousands of euros' is the police's retail estimate; no exact figure is given and no value is recorded.
The Chinese account renders hashish as 大麻 / 大麻脂, so the weight is recorded as hashish rather than dried flower.
No charge sheet, trial date or sentence is reported; both the drug case and the robbery case remain under investigation.
Only the Chinese account and one Italian outlet report the November custody order; the other sources cover the earlier search and arrest.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Il Giornale Popolare: Police put the hashish's retail value at several tens of thousands of euros.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Alessandria Netweek: Alessandria Netweek, an Italian outlet also covering the case, dated the custody order to early November, and the Chinese-language account says police announced it on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Il Giornale Popolare: Il Giornale Popolare had reported the arrest and the hashish seizure in May 2026, saying the search was carried out under a warrant from the Alessandria public prosecutor's office.
State Police arrested a 48-year-old Italian man in Sesto San Giovanni after finding about 2 kg of hashish in a shopping bag near his home. A search found 50 grams of marijuana and cash; a Monza court validated the arrest and ordered him to report to the judicial police.
Police in Ficarazzi arrested a 29-year-old man from Palermo after finding 10 hashish wraps and 145 euros near Piazza San Pio. A search of his home seized two further blocks weighing 49.40 grams, and he was held for validation of the arrest.
Carabinieri in Zagarolo arrested a 44-year-old man after personal and home searches found 50 grams of cocaine in 82 doses and 7 grams of marijuana. The man was held for a fast-track validation hearing after officers also seized 95 euros and a mobile phone.
State police dog Rex led officers to a Catania home where a 20-year-old had hidden 252 grams of marijuana and 34 grams of hashish with a scale and vacuum sealer. The man was arrested for possession with intent to deal and held for a fast-track trial.
