Five Tunisian men arrested as 670 kg of hashish seized off Marsala
Italian State Police and the Guardia di Finanza arrested five Tunisian men after seizing 670 kg of hashish from two boats off Marsala. A judge ordered four into pre-trial custody and transferred the fifth to the repatriation centre in Milo pending further decisions.
Police said the men’s criminal responsibility would be established only after
any final judgments.[1]
On the night of 20 October 2025, a joint patrol noticed suspicious activity off
Marsala as a high-powered inflatable boat headed out to sea.[2]Officers
tracked the inflatable into international waters, where it met a
Tunisian-flagged fishing vessel and large blue packages were transferred to it.[1]After the transfer, the inflatable headed back toward Marsala and was
stopped in Italian waters after a high-speed chase.[1]Its driver threw some
packages overboard, but officers recovered them and found more than 160 kg of
hashish.[1]
The financial police then stopped the fishing boat in international waters;
during its escape, the crew abandoned 11 packages containing more than 600 kg of
hashish.[1]Officers boarded the fishing boat a few miles from Tunisia’s
territorial limit, and both vessels were seized.[1]Police reported seizing
more than 670 kg of hashish and described the haul as the largest hashish
seizure in Trapani waters for decades.[1]
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Official image labelled as the 670 kg hashish seizure at sea. Photo: Polizia di StatoPhoto details
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Webdo reports 670 kg in total, while the police statement says more than 670 kg; the figure field records Webdo’s 670 kg.
The accounts give component amounts of 160 kg or more than 160 kg from the inflatable and more than 600 kg from the fishing boat, which do not reconcile with the reported total.
The five men were not named or aged in the opened accounts.
No later court outcome for the five men is reported.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Trapani, Polizia di Stato: Italian State Police and Guardia di Finanza arrested five Tunisian men on suspicion of belonging to an international drug-trafficking association.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Trapani, Polizia di Stato: A judge ordered four men into pre-trial custody, while the fifth was released from criminal detention and transferred to the Milo repatriation centre pending further decisions.
Carabinieri of the Gorizia company found a 37-year-old man smoking a joint on the second floor of the disused Albero alla Transalpina in via Giuseppe Caprin on 10 November 2026 and seized more than two grams of marijuana. The man was taken to the company offices and reported to the Prefecture of Gorizia for possession of drugs for personal use; no arrest was reported.
Guardia di Finanza officers stopped a car in Lario Intelvese and recovered 21.2 grams of hashish thrown away by one of five youths. The youth was reported to the judicial authority for possession for dealing and the drugs were seized.
Carabinieri from the Donori station stopped two unemployed 20-year-olds from Ussana in a car and found a small amount of hashish and a packet of benzodiazepine medicines without a prescription. The pair were reported to the administrative authority and the driver lost his licence; nobody was arrested.
Carabinieri stopped a 35-year-old from Rieti at a checkpoint on State Road 4 Salaria by the disused ex Bosi industrial area in Cittaducale and found about 12 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material in his car and home. He was released pending trial and reported to the prosecutor in Rieti on suspicion of holding drugs for sale.
