Officers of the Vasto-Arenaccia police station in Naples stopped a 19-year-old in vicoletto Santa Maria della Fede during an afternoon patrol on Sunday 8 November 2026.[1] The officers found six bags of marijuana, seven wraps of hashish and 170 euros in cash in notes of various denominations on him.[1] Cronache della Campania gave the same street find: six bags of marijuana, seven wraps of hashish and 170 euros in notes of various denominations.[2]

A search of the home the teenager used found another 17 bags of marijuana, 15 wraps of hashish and material for packaging the drug.[1] In total police recovered 23 bags of marijuana and 22 wraps of hashish, 45 packages altogether, between the street check and the house search.[1] The drug was already divided into doses and accompanied by packaging material, which investigators assessed in their checks on the suspected dealing.[1]

The teenager was arrested for unlawful possession of narcotics.[1] Cronache della Campania reported that police described the operation as a patrol check in the piazza Nazionale area of Naples.[2] Teleclubitalia also placed the arrest on the afternoon of the previous day in the piazza Nazionale area of Naples.[3]