23-year-old arrested with 63.7 g marijuana in Catania
Catania's Mobile Squad arrested a 23-year-old in Via Antico Corso after finding 58 g of marijuana hidden under his sweatshirt and another 5.70 g in his shoulder bag. He had prior drug offences and was placed under house arrest pending a validation hearing.
🇮🇹 Via Antico Corso, Catania · Italy
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Arrested
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Cannabis
63.7 g
State police arrested a 23-year-old man from Catania for possession of narcotics
with intent to deal.[1][2][3]The operation was carried out in Via Antico Corso by
officers of the Mobile Squad’s fourth section dealing with widespread crime.[1][2][3]Officers on patrol noticed the young man walking with a shoulder bag and
acting suspiciously, then stopped him for a check.[1][2]During the check
officers noticed a visible bulge at the front of his sweatshirt and asked him to
lift it.[1][2]
Under the sweatshirt he was hiding a large vacuum-sealed heat-sealed plastic bag
containing 58 grams of marijuana.[1][2]A personal search of his shoulder bag
found another small bag with 5.70 grams of marijuana and 30 euros in cash
considered proceeds of the offence.[1][2]
Database checks showed he had prior drug and resisting-a-public-official
offences and had already received an oral warning from the Catania police
commissioner.[1][2]After being informed, the duty public prosecutor ordered
house arrest at his home pending a validation hearing before the
preliminary-investigations judge.[1][2]
Photos and video
Photo sent by the police headquarters published with the report on the arrest in Via Antico Corso. Photo: Questura Source: CataniaToday
The article gives no separate date for the stop and arrest; 4 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Italian.
The suspect was not named, only described as a 23-year-old from Catania.
The 30 euros in cash was described as suspected proceeds, not a cannabis valuation, so no value is recorded.
No court outcome was reported beyond house arrest pending the validation hearing.
The page photo is captioned only as sent by the police headquarters and has empty alt text, so its exact visible content is not established beyond its link to this arrest.
The Dayitalianews page's primary image is a September 2025 file photo from a different arrest and does not show this seizure, so no media entry is added from this source.
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