39-year-old arrested in Catania with 8 g of marijuana in his car
Carabinieri in Catania's San Giorgio district stopped a 39-year-old driver in via dei Platani and found 8 grams of marijuana in a shoulder bag on the seat. The arrest for possession for sale followed the discovery of more than 1.2 kg of cocaine hidden in the car's bonnet panel; he was held in prison.
🇮🇹 Via dei Platani, San Giorgio district, Catania · Italy
Carabinieri from the investigative unit of the Catania provincial command
arrested a 39-year-old man from Catania in the San Giorgio district on suspicion
of possessing drugs for sale.[1][2][3][4]Officers noticed him driving a small car in
via dei Platani and, suspicious of his behaviour while watching him, followed
him discreetly before stopping the vehicle.[1][2][4]
A search of the man and the car found 8 grams of marijuana in a shoulder bag
left on the seat.[1][2][3][4]A block of cocaine weighing more than 1.2 kilograms was
hidden in the bonnet panel, and the drugs were seized.[1][2][3][4]
He was placed in pre-trial detention in prison at the disposal of the judicial
authorities.[1][2][3][4]
MeridioNews reported that the arrested man had previous convictions.[5]
CataniaToday put the total amount of drugs in the car at about 1.5 kilograms,
roughly the cocaine and marijuana together.[6]
The outlet reported that the man was a previously convicted offender from Catania.[4]
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Carabinieri handout photo published with the report on the arrest in via dei Platani. Photo: Carabinieri, sent to CataniaTodayPhoto details
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The accounts give no separate date for the stop and arrest; 9 November 2026 is their publication date and is used as the incident date.
The marijuana is described only as marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
No charging decision, trial date or outcome was reported; the man was held in pre-trial detention in prison.
Only 8 grams of marijuana is attributed separately; the remaining kilograms in the car are cocaine and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
CataniaToday's headline figure of about 1.5 kilograms of drugs combines cocaine and marijuana and is not split in its text.
CataniaToday and Etna News 24 both publish the same Carabinieri handout image, so one photo entry is listed from CataniaToday, which credits it to the Carabinieri.
Left out agencies, as no supporting quotation was given.
Nuovo Sud gives no separate date for the stop; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
Nuovo Sud describes the man as previously convicted, consistent with MeridioNews but still unverified beyond the outlets' accounts.
GrandangoloAgrigento's headline says the drugs were in the boot ('nel bagagliaio'), while its text and the other accounts place the marijuana in a bag on the seat and the cocaine in the rear bonnet panel.
The page gives no separate date for the stop and arrest; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
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