A judge of the Cremona court on 6 November 2026 refused to release the 18-year-old Tunisian held since September on hashish dealing charges, rejecting the defence request for house arrest that the honorary prosecutor had backed.[1] The youth had a work contract ready for him, but was kept in the prison measure because the judge said he had continued to commit offences.[1] The judge said there was nothing to show the accused had understood the seriousness of his conduct or gained self-control during the two months he had spent in prison, citing an earlier arrest for resisting a public official and assault and other reports of drug possession.[1] The youth will be tried with the abbreviated procedure, a fast-track trial without the investigative hearing, on 4 December 2026 while the analysis of the seized drug is awaited.[1]

The case began on 24 September 2026, when Carabinieri of the Cremona operational section watching via Lungastretta saw the 18-year-old hand over a 100-gram slab of hashish to a 23-year-old who paid him 320 euros in cash.[1] Officers stopped both men and seized the drug and the money, then searched the residence in a reception-centre network on via Giordano, where the youth lived.[1] In the electricity-meter cupboard beside his flat, used as a safe store reachable before each sale, Carabinieri found another 900 grams of hashish, bringing the total to one kilogram.[1] The 18-year-old was arrested for drug possession and dealing, while the 23-year-old buyer was reported at liberty for possession for the purpose of dealing.[1]

The 18-year-old was already under the residence restriction measure when he was caught, and he had belonged as a minor to a youth gang broken up in 2024.[1]

La Provincia reported that the youth arrested on 24 September was held and that the 900 grams were hidden in the gas-meter space of the reception centre on via Giordano.[2]

The same hearing scheduled the trial for 4 December 2026 and noted that the drug analysis was ordered for 5 November, with the defence still awaiting its result.[2]