29-year-old arrested in Catania with 78 g of marijuana at home
Catania police stopped a 29-year-old from Misterbianco near via Carrubella with more than 300 grams of cocaine in his belt pouch, then found 78 grams of loose marijuana in a laundry-room cupboard at his home. He was jailed for possession of drugs for sale, also having broken a curfew order to stay in Misterbianco at night.
Falchi officers of Catania’s mobile squad stopped a 29-year-old resident of
Misterbianco on his scooter near via Carrubella in Catania after noticing his
nervous manner.[1][2]The man was holding his belt pouch tightly, and when
officers asked him to open the bag, he handed over a transparent plastic bag
holding more than 300 grams of uncut cocaine, rock form.[1]
Officers then searched his home in Misterbianco, where they found a bag holding
78 grams of loose marijuana (cannabis flower) in a cupboard in the laundry room.[1][2]All the drugs were seized, the cocaine amount apart from the 78 grams of
marijuana.[1]The man was arrested for possession of drugs for sale
(detenzione di sostanze stupefacenti ai fini di spaccio) and, after the duty
prosecutor was informed, taken to jail to await his validation hearing.[1][2]
The arrest also breached a June order restricting him to living in Misterbianco
and staying indoors from 8 pm to 8 am, which the police found out before
reaching his home.[1]Newsicilia reports the same arrest in the same street
and gives the same 78 grams of loose marijuana found in the laundry room.[3]
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Libertà Sicilialibertasicilia.itITCatania. In scooter con oltre 300 grammi di cocaina da tagliare: arrestato 29enne, in casa anche marijuana
Newsicilianewsicilia.itITCatania, fermato in scooter con oltre 300 grammi di cocaina nel marsupio: arrestato 29enne
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Neither account gives the day of the scooter check and home search; 7 November 2026 is the publication date of both articles.
No street value, plant count or total weight for the seized drugs other than the 78 grams of marijuana is reported.
The outcome of the validation hearing, including whether the arrest was confirmed and the curfew order revised, is not yet known.
The instant of the arrest is described as a charge of possession for sale; the man has not been tried and is presumed innocent.
The Libertà Sicilia article gives no separate day for the scooter check or the home search; 7 November 2026 is its publication date, as with the two accounts already cited.
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