Antonino Michelizzi, a 38-year-old from the Reggio area, was supposed to be under house arrest at his home in Rosarno but spent the night of 11 November 2026 travelling on a night train with a ticket to Asti and over a kilogram of drugs in his luggage.[1] Checks showed he had been under house arrest since 11 February on an order of the Palmi court in robbery proceedings.[1] Railway Police officers from the Rome Termini unit noticed the 38-year-old sitting alone in the second carriage because his guarded and wary behaviour aroused suspicion.[1]
When approached for a routine check, he said he had no documents and gave a false name and date of birth that had no match in police databases.[1] A cardholder visible in his tracksuit betrayed him, and when asked to empty his pockets he had to hand over his identity card.[1] His suitcase concealed five cellophane bags full of inflorescences.[1] When the train stopped at Paola station, officers took him off the train to the local police station.[1] A narcotest confirmed the substance was marijuana with a total gross weight of 1,096.15 grams, and he was arrested in the act at about 01:50.[1]
The arrest of 38-year-old Antonino Michelizzi, stopped after the railway-police check on the train, was validated by the judge, who found he had given false personal details and travelled with five bags of marijuana in his suitcase and a ticket to Asti.[2] At the validation hearing, assisted by lawyer Matteo Cristiani, the 38-year-old chose to remain silent.[1] The investigating judge still found serious indications of guilt on all charges, holding that the large quantity, the division into five packages and the travel circumstances ruled out exclusively personal use.[1]
In the order, the judge imposed pretrial custody in prison for alleged drug possession for dealing, evasion and false statements on personal identity.[1] Citing his record and the brazenness of leaving his place of detention, the judge held no less restrictive measure could contain the concrete danger of reoffending and ordered transmission of the file to the Palmi court for matters within its competence.[1]
