State Police in Bologna arrested a 30-year-old Italian man for alleged drug possession and trafficking.[1][2] The operation began on Sunday during a territorial control patrol near the Giardinetti di via Vezza.[1] Bologna police headquarters confirmed that the arrest took place on Sunday, 8 November 2026.[2] Officers noticed the man sitting on a bench in a suspicious attitude with a black duffel bag and several plastic bags.[1][2] The patrol was carried out by officers of the General Prevention and Public Rescue Office inside the Giardinetti di via Vezza public park.[2] His evident agitation led officers to carry out a personal search and a search of his luggage.[1][2] The checks were then extended to the room of a nearby bed-and-breakfast where the 30-year-old was staying.[1][3]
During the operation officers seized more than 3.5 kilograms of hashish, about 49 grams of cocaine and 0.8 grams of marijuana.[1][2][3] They also found a precision scale, two mobile phones and material used for packaging doses.[1][2]
Checks revealed previous criminal convictions and frequent travel between Bologna and several Apulian provinces, considered consistent with drug-transport activity.[1][2] At the end of the operation the man was arrested in flagrante delicto.[1][2] The 30-year-old was then transferred to jail.[1][3] He was placed in Bologna’s Rocco D’Amato prison at the disposal of the judicial authority.[2]
