The Belluno Flying Squad rearrested a 63-year-old man from Longarone after a check led officers to a cannabis grow inside his home.[1][2] The man had been serving home detention since April 2026 for drug, weapons, resistance and personal offences.[1][3][4][5][2] Investigators, made suspicious by his recent movements and inquiries, stopped him on the morning of 6 November in Longarone during his court-authorised time outside.[1][4][5]

Inside the upper floors of his residence, officers found a plantation of 18 potted marijuana plants.[1] The plants were kept in a dedicated room fitted with growing and humidifying equipment.[1] The grow used a lighting system for seedlings at least a metre tall.[1] Police seized all 18 plants, which must now undergo laboratory tests to assess their actual active-principle potency.[1][4][5]

The man was arrested in flagrante on the morning of Friday 6 for cultivation of narcotic substance.[1][4][5] The operation was part of a wider targeted effort against drug trafficking involving the Flying Squad’s anti-drugs section.[1][4][5] After the arrest he was first left under house arrest and then released pending the validation hearing.[1][3][4][5]