Vigevano police seize 53 kg of cannabis at a Gambolò warehouse
State police from the Vigevano station raided an industrial shed at Gambolò on the morning of 26 October 2026, seizing about 53 kg of dried cannabis and arresting three Milan men aged 43, 46 and 53. The shed held LED grow gear; the men were caught loading boxed cannabis into two cars.
On the morning of 26 October 2026, officers of the State Police commissariat in Vigevano, Pavia
province, followed a suspicious car to an industrial shed on the edge of Gambolò and stopped three
men who were loading cartons into two vehicles.[1][2]
Inside they found six large boxes and other containers with more than 53 kilograms of dried cannabis
with flowering tops, plus LED lamps and professional indoor cultivation equipment.[1][2]The three
Milan residents, aged 43, 46 and 53, were arrested on the spot on cultivation, possession and
trafficking charges for large quantities of drugs.[1][2]
Searches of their Milan homes turned up 15 grams of hashish, packaging material and lamps matching
those at the shed.[1][2]The men were held in Pavia prison; the shed and equipment were seized while
inquiries continued into how the cannabis entered local supply chains.[1][2]
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Arrested
3
Charged
3
Cannabis
53 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (53 kg)
Activity
Trafficking, Cultivation
Setting
Prison
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
ANSAansa.itITLa Polizia sequestra mezzo quintale di marijuana nel Pavese, tre arresti
Il Giornoilgiorno.itITPiantagione nel capannone. Arrestati tre uomini. Trovati 53 chili di droga
Open questions the AI reported
The three men were not named beyond ages and Milan residence.
Il Giorno's wholesale market estimate of 100,000 to 150,000 euros and retail figure near 500,000 euros are journalists' figures, not a police valuation.
Carabinieri arrested eight people at dawn on 6 November in a blitz against hashish and cocaine dealing run from the woods of the provinces of Milan, Como and Varese, ordered by Milan's anti-mafia directorate. Six were found in a flat in Limido Comasco, searched with the GIS special unit, and weapons including a Kalashnikov, drugs, ammunition and cash were seized.
State Police searched two farms in the Nuoro area and seized about three tonnes of marijuana and 10,000 drying plants. Three workers were found locked in a shed; five men were reported, one of them also for labour exploitation.
On 20 October 2026 Carabinieri from Asti, searching a wooded shed at Coassolo Torinese during 13 warrants in an Albanian-network inquiry, found 1,206 flowering cannabis plants they valued at over €1 million on the illicit market. They arrested an Albanian caretaker living in Asti and seized the shed and grow kit, which drew 80–100 kWh a day through an illegal grid tap.
Carabinieri of Bra on 13 October 2026 announced operation Oro verde: eight Albanian nationals arrested, five others reported, and more than 340 kg of cannabis seized from indoor greenhouses in four Piedmont towns, plus 200 g of hashish, with a retail value they put at about €500,000.
