Pesaro hotel guest who threw away 130 g of hashish gets 6 months
A 32-year-old Tunisian guest at the Hotel Elvezia in Pesaro was arrested after he threw away a block of hashish as police checked the building for stolen earphones, and officers found 5,485 euros in cash under his mattress. He settled the case with a plea bargain before the judge in the direct trial procedure, receiving six months on top of an earlier suspended eight-month sentence.
Officers of the Pesaro flying squad went to a seaside accommodation building
after a report of stolen earphones and checked some of the guests at the
entrance.[1][2]One of those guests, a 32-year-old Tunisian man, had nothing to
do with the theft but panicked and threw a package on the ground.[1]
The package was a block of hashish with a gross weight of 130 grams, including a
100-gram block labelled “Dirty Fanta strawberry short cake splash” and another
fragment of the same substance.[1]Under the mattress and partly in the
wardrobe of his room, officers found 5,485 euros in cash, treated as dealing
proceeds, and the money was confiscated.[1]The Il Resto del Carlino account
describes the seizure as about a hectogram of hashish under the mattress, partly
already packaged for dealing, and says the search of a room shared with a guest
who was not involved also turned up other drugs and two mobile phones.[3]
The man was arrested and taken before the judge in the direct trial procedure
(rito direttissimo), where his lawyer asked for a plea bargain with the sentence
added to an earlier one.[1]The judge gave him six months in prison, added to
a previous conviction of eight months whose prison term was suspended.[1]In
July the same man had been arrested in the Molaroni park area, where Carabinieri
seized 4.5 grams of cocaine, a precision scale, packaging material and 2,300
euros in cash.[1][2]
The hotel is the Elvezia in Pesaro, where about 60 people still live and where
the prefect, Emanuela Saveria Greco, has confirmed an eviction will be carried
out on 17 November after four postponements.[3]A partner in the company that
runs the hotel said the man came back to the building after the arrest was
confirmed, and that Carabinieri had already stopped him about a month and a half
earlier, finding about 2,000 euros in the room safe.[3]
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Photograph captioned only "Le indagini svolte dalla polizia" and published with the Corriere Adriatico account of the arrest; neither caption nor credit states which scene it depicts.Photo details
The sources give no separate date for the arrest; Il Resto del Carlino says it happened on Friday evening and the papers were published on Sunday 8 November, so 6 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
Il Resto del Carlino describes the hashish as about a hectogram, while Corriere Adriatico reports 130 grams gross including a 100-gram block; the second source's figure is used for the seized weight.
Il Resto del Carlino refers to another drug found in the room without naming or weighing it, so it is not included in the cannabis weight.
The two reports differ on the earlier detention: the hotel partner says Carabinieri found about 2,000 euros in the room safe about a month and a half earlier, while Corriere Adriatico places the earlier arrest in July in the Molaroni park area with 2,300 euros and cocaine, and reports a suspended eight-month sentence from it.
No prison term is recorded for the six-month sentence beyond the statement that the earlier eight-month term was suspended, so the exact total to be served is not clear.
Only two accounts were found, both from local outlets, and neither reproduces a police or court statement; the man is identified only by age and nationality.
CentroPagina gives no separate date for the hotel check, arrest or plea hearing; it places the earlier arrest in July, and the record keeps 6 November 2026 as the incident date.
CentroPagina writes that 5,485 euros were confiscated but later says "addio 5000 euro".
CentroPagina gives no weight, value or description for the cocaine seized in July, and no separate charge list for the plea hearing.
CentroPagina is a fourth local account of an event already carried by two outlets; it credits the case to the flying squad and gives no police or court statement, and its page photo is a police picture filed in August 2026 with no caption, so it is not confirmed to show this seizure.
State Police arrested a 48-year-old Italian man in Sesto San Giovanni after finding about 2 kg of hashish in a shopping bag near his home. A search found 50 grams of marijuana and cash; a Monza court validated the arrest and ordered him to report to the judicial police.
Police in Ficarazzi arrested a 29-year-old man from Palermo after finding 10 hashish wraps and 145 euros near Piazza San Pio. A search of his home seized two further blocks weighing 49.40 grams, and he was held for validation of the arrest.
Carabinieri in Zagarolo arrested a 44-year-old man after personal and home searches found 50 grams of cocaine in 82 doses and 7 grams of marijuana. The man was held for a fast-track validation hearing after officers also seized 95 euros and a mobile phone.
A Sciacca court sentenced 29-year-old Francesco Sabella of Menfi to one year for possessing almost 100 grams of hashish for dealing and for resisting police after a balcony-hopping escape attempt. The judge treated the drug offence as minor and suspended the term on condition he works for a year in a public facility.
