State Police arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of drug dealing after catching him handing over a dose of hashish in the Gad district by Ferrara railway station.[1] Squadra Mobile investigators ran the operation on the previous day as an observation and control service around the railway station as part of work against drug trafficking and dealing.[1] A second outlet dates the Gad anti-dealing operation to Monday 2 November.[2]

Officers documented a handover of drugs to a buyer who was stopped immediately.[1] The stopped buyer admitted that he had just bought a ball of hashish from the suspect for personal use.[3] Police then stopped the suspected dealer and seized the drug.[1] Following checks, the 33-year-old was arrested for the offence under Article 73 of Presidential Decree 309/1990 on illicit production, trafficking and possession of drugs.[1]

On the order of the judicial authority, the man was held in the security cells of Ferrara police headquarters pending a hearing to validate the arrest.[3] The intervention was part of Squadra Mobile control activity in the Gad areas, focused on the railway-station zone, where prevention and repression services continue.[1]