Five reported to the prefect in Crotone checks; 5.12 g of hashish seized
Crotone police reported five people to the prefect for possessing drugs for personal use after a day of joint inter-force checks on 6 November 2026, seizing 5.12 grams of hashish in total. The hashish came from a broader Focus ’Ndrangheta operation that checked 476 people and 242 vehicles and also produced fines and the reporting of a bar owner.
Five people in Crotone were formally reported to the prefect for possessing
drugs for their own use after a day of joint inter-force checks in the city on
Friday 6 November 2026.[1]The same tally included 1.01 grams of cocaine,
which is not a cannabis product and is excluded from the hashish figure.[1]
Officers of the State Police, Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, harbour master’s
office and municipal police checked businesses, people and vehicles on the
city’s main roads.[1]Across the day officers checked 476 people, 110 of them
with previous records, and 242 vehicles.[2]
The same operation produced three highway code fines worth about 5,000 euros and
the administrative seizure of one vehicle, along with environmental requirements
imposed on a tyre shop.[2]The day’s checks also brought the reporting of a
bar owner for an unauthorised 17-square-metre outdoor seating structure.[2]
The Crotone police headquarters published the results, calling them part of a
wider territory-control plan.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Cannabis
5.12 g
Agencies
Polizia di Stato; Arma dei Carabinieri; Guardia di Finanza; Capitaneria di Porto; Polizia Locale
The five reported people are not named or aged, and no charging or court outcome is reported; a prefecture report for personal use is an administrative measure.
The submissions describe the five as segnalate alla Prefettura; Il Crotonese counts them as detained people, and the arrest figure reflects people formally reported under the article and the police statement.
Cocaine is excluded from the hashish figure and no combined drug total is counted as cannabis.
No value estimate was published for the hashish.
Il Crotonese, CrotoneOk and the police statement reproduce the same Crotone police headquarters account, so they are not independent reporting.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Crotone, Polizia di Stato: Officers seized 5.12 grams of hashish from the five in total.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Crotone, Polizia di Stato: The checks were part of the national and transnational Focus ’Ndrangheta plan, ordered by Crotone police chief Renato Panvino after decisions of the provincial committee for public order and safety.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Crotone, Polizia di Stato: Two of the reports came from road checks that seized 1.93 grams of hashish, and three others from patrol officers who seized 3.19 grams of hashish and 1.01 grams of cocaine.
Carabinieri of the Gorizia company found a 37-year-old man smoking a joint on the second floor of the disused Albero alla Transalpina in via Giuseppe Caprin on 10 November 2026 and seized more than two grams of marijuana. The man was taken to the company offices and reported to the Prefecture of Gorizia for possession of drugs for personal use; no arrest was reported.
Guardia di Finanza officers stopped a car in Lario Intelvese and recovered 21.2 grams of hashish thrown away by one of five youths. The youth was reported to the judicial authority for possession for dealing and the drugs were seized.
Carabinieri from the Donori station stopped two unemployed 20-year-olds from Ussana in a car and found a small amount of hashish and a packet of benzodiazepine medicines without a prescription. The pair were reported to the administrative authority and the driver lost his licence; nobody was arrested.
Carabinieri stopped a 35-year-old from Rieti at a checkpoint on State Road 4 Salaria by the disused ex Bosi industrial area in Cittaducale and found about 12 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material in his car and home. He was released pending trial and reported to the prosecutor in Rieti on suspicion of holding drugs for sale.
