Fugitive, 57, arrested in Greccio with 75 g of cannabis
Rieti's Squadra Mobile arrested a 57-year-old Swiss-origin fugitive in Greccio after he evaded house arrest since February 2026, closing a search that ended days before 3 November 2026. Officers seized about 75 grams of hashish and marijuana from him and his home, and he was taken to Rieti's Nuovo Complesso prison.
🇮🇹 Greccio, Rieti · Italy
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Cannabis
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Officers of the Squadra Mobile of the Rieti Questura, Rieti’s provincial police
headquarters, tracked down and arrested a 57-year-old man of Swiss origin in the
municipality of Greccio after he had evaded house arrest since February.[1][2]
According to police, he tried to flee during the stop and resisted violently,
injuring an officer.[1][2] Following the procedures, he was transferred to the
Nuovo Complesso prison in Rieti at the disposal of the judicial authority.[1][2]
A personal search found a packet containing 5 grams of marijuana.[1][2] A search
of his home found almost 40 grams of hashish and about 30 grams of marijuana
buds, all of which police seized.[1][2] In total, about 75 grams of drugs were
seized.[1]
He had been arrested in October of the previous year by State Police on
suspicion of cultivating, selling and possessing marijuana for dealing, and had
first been ordered to report to the judicial police before a court imposed house
arrest.[1] After he absconded and became untraceable, the authorities issued a
fugitive decree in February, and the search ended with his arrest in Greccio.[1]
The article gives no separate date for the arrest, saying only that it happened in the days before publication, so 3 November 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The hashish and marijuana weights are reported as approximate, almost 40 grams and about 30 grams, with about 75 grams in total.
No new charges or court outcome for the seized drugs were reported; the man was transferred to prison at the disposal of the judicial authority.
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