Within investigative activities coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Avellino to combat drug dealing, officers of the Mobile Squad of the Avellino police headquarters arrested a 26-year-old man with a criminal record from Avellino in flagrante delicto for unlawful possession of drugs for dealing.[1] The arrest took place in Avellino on the evening of 13 November 2026, the evening before the 14 November 2026 publication.[1]

A personal search of the young man found seven doses of cocaine weighing a total of 9.70 grams, four doses of hashish weighing a total of 22.00 grams, and 15.50 grams of marijuana.[1] A later search of the 26-year-old’s home allowed officers to find and seize two precision scales, a knife soaked with hashish, packaging material and 110.00 euros in small-denomination banknotes.[1]

On the order of the duty prosecutor, the arrested man was placed under house arrest at his home pending the validation hearing.[1] The accusations were described as provisional at the preliminary-investigation stage, subject to appeal, and the man under investigation is presumed innocent until a final judgment.[1]