Carabinieri stopped a vehicle in via Padre Liberati in Nettuno during a targeted check.[1][2][3][4][5] The driver was a 28-year-old of Romanian origin living in Lariano who was already known to police for specific offences.[1][2][6][7][3][4] Investigators consider him seriously suspected of possession of drugs for sale.[1][2][3] He was taken to the Velletri prison and remains at the disposal of the judicial authority.[1][2][6][8][3]

Hidden in the car, officers found a block of hashish alongside several ready-portioned wraps, weighing about 60 grams in total.[1][2][8][3][4][5] Officers also found cash in the car considered proceeds of dealing.[1][2][3] A search of his home found another 3 grams of hashish, a precision electronic scale and packaging material, with scissors still bearing visible hashish residue.[1][2][8][3][4]

The stop was carried out by the Radiomobile unit of the N.O.R. during a targeted check.[1][2][8][3] Officers ordered the driver to stop after his behaviour aroused suspicion and searched first the driver and then the car interior.[1][3] The arrest came amid intensive checks by the Anzio company on the Roman coast using roadblocks, searches and monitoring of sensitive points.[1]

The search of the house found another 3 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material, and scissors with hashish residue; officers also found hashish residue on a pair of scissors.[6]

A search of his home found more drugs.[5]