On 9 November 2026 in Ostia, officers of the X Gruppo Mare of the Local Police of Rome arrested a 27-year-old Romanian man.[1] Officers on patrol noticed suspicious behaviour and watched the man approach a hole in the ground from which he was taking small packets.[1] The hole was a hiding place dug in the ground in the area in front of Lido Centro station in Ostia.[1]

A search of the hiding place found about 250 doses of hashish and marijuana, which officers seized.[1] A second account also reports 250 doses of hashish and marijuana found in the refuge and seized by the officers.[2]

The man was arrested and placed at the disposal of the judicial authority for further steps, and the arrest was later validated by that authority.[1] The intervention took place during a patrol in an area that had already been subject to previous police operations.[1] The 27-year-old was taken into custody and placed at the disposal of the magistracy, whose order validating the police action followed.[2]