Bergamo State Police investigators from the Squadra Mobile arrested a 23-year-old on 10 November in Bergamo.[1][2][3][4][5] A second account describes the 23-year-old as an Italian of Albanian origin.[6][2][7][4][5] He was arrested for possession of narcotics with intent to deal.[1][8] The arrest was later validated by the judicial authority, which ordered a restrictive precautionary measure against him.[1][7][5]

Officers found about 15 kilograms of hashish and marijuana in a home used as a drug storage place.[1][2][7][9][4][5] A fridge and thermal bags had been turned into containers for keeping the drugs, evidently to limit the smell and make detection harder.[1][4][5] Different hashish varieties were divided by type into individually sealed, labelled jars arranged in order inside the fridge like a supermarket display.[1][2][3][8][4][5] Officers also found numerous vaporizers used for taking drug extracts through e-cigarettes.[1][2][7]

They seized more than 10,000 euros in cash believed to be proceeds of dealing, and all the material found was placed under seizure.[1][2][7][5] Police said the operation removed a large quantity of drugs from the market and stopped an organised possession and distribution activity run in a particularly structured way.[1] The LaPresse account carried by Il Sole 24 Ore gives the same core facts of the Bergamo fridge seizure and 10 November arrest.[10]