The State Police of Avellino arrested a 23-year-old from Avellino in flagrant delicto for possession of drugs with the aim of selling them.[1] Avellino’s Squadra Mobile officers made the arrest during drug services coordinated by the local prosecutor’s office, with help from a police dog unit from the Naples Questura, in a peripheral city district.[2]

Officers found in the man’s wallet two heat-sealed bags containing 0.7 g and 1.3 g of cocaine and two small pieces of hashish individually wrapped in baking paper, weighing 2.1 g and 1.9 g.[2]

A search of the man’s flat found a cellophane bag with 37.7 g of cocaine hidden in a jacket lining, two pieces of hashish weighing 44.7 g and 23.6 g concealed in a coat, and 870 euros in cash of various denominations.[2]

All the material was seized and the man was placed under house arrest on the prosecutor’s order, pending a validation hearing.[2] Local reporting confirms that the 870 euros seized in cash were in banknotes of different denominations.[3] Police noted that the charges were provisional and the man’s guilt would be established only at the conclusion of the trial.[2] The 39.7 g of cocaine found in the case is excluded from the cannabis figure; only the 72.3 g of hashish is counted here as cannabis.[4]