Officers of the Falchi unit of Genoa’s Mobile Squad arrested a 39-year-old Italian man at his home on suspicion of possessing drugs for dealing.[1] The 39-year-old was taken to Marassi prison pending validation of the arrest.[1] In the historic centre, in Piazza Santo Sepolcro, officers arrested a 19-year-old Gambian man after finding him with 44 grams of cannabis and banknotes.[2] After a fast-track hearing, the 19-year-old was ordered to report daily to the judicial police.[1] A 42-year-old Italian stopped in the San Martino hospital car park was reported after police found 13 grams of cocaine at his home.[1] A woman stopped with the 19-year-old was found with 2 grams of cannabis and given an administrative sanction.[1] Another man found in the 39-year-old’s flat with a dose of hashish after handing over 120 euros was reported for personal possession.[1]

Together the two cannabis seizures amount to 46 grams, comprising the 44 grams held by the young man and the 2 grams held by the woman.[1] Officers smelled a strong odour of hashish outside the 39-year-old’s flat and seized a precision scale, a knife and wrapping material from the home.[1] Police also seized 2,000 euros in cash found in an envelope in a bedroom wardrobe, which is recorded as confiscated cash rather than a valuation.[1] The cocaine is excluded from the cannabis figures because the sources give it as a separate 13-gram seizure.[1]

The three operations took place over recent days in a home, the San Martino hospital car park and the historic centre.[1] The first case dates to Friday and the third to Tuesday afternoon in Piazza Santo Sepolcro during special checks in the historic centre.[2]