Three arrested with 19 kg hashish, marijuana in Ravenna-Cervia
Police arrested two men aged 21 and 22 in Ravenna and a 24-year-old in Cervia on 2 November 2026, seizing about 19 kg of hashish and marijuana. The Ravenna judge validated the arrests on 4 November, keeping the Cervia suspect in jail and placing the other two under house arrest with electronic bracelets.
State police carried out two operations on the afternoon of 2 November 2026
between Ravenna and Cervia, arresting two 21- and 22-year-old men from Ravenna
and a 24-year-old from Cervia.[1][2][3][4]Officers first stopped the two Ravenna men,
both with clean records, while they were travelling in a car.[1][5][4]On the
morning of 4 November the preliminary-investigations judge in Ravenna validated
all three arrests, keeping the 24-year-old from Cervia in jail and placing the
two from Ravenna under house arrest with electronic bracelets.[1][5][6][7][3][4]
In the car officers found a bag containing almost seven kilograms of hashish and
marijuana.[1][5][2][7][3][4]Later searches in the two young men’s homes brought the Ravenna
total to about nine kilograms.[1][5][2][7][4]In Cervia officers found about ten kilograms
of hashish and marijuana in the 24-year-old’s home.[1][5][2][7][4]The two operations
together yielded about 19 kilograms of hashish and marijuana.[1][5][2][7][3][4]Officers also
seized packaging material, mobile phones, precision electronic scales and 3,015
euros in cash believed to come from dealing.[1][5][4]The Cervia search also turned
up 29 vials of codeine-based syrup and about 1.6 kilograms of THC-containing
edible biscuits that tested positive in a presumptive narcotest.[1][4]Officers
also seized a concealed Beretta model 1934 semi-automatic pistol in 9mm Short
with six rounds already loaded plus 25 more rounds.[1][5][6][7][4]
The operations were run jointly by the specialist anti-drug units of the two
Romagna Mobile Squads.[1][5][2][4]Investigators said checks into the pistol’s origin
were still under way.[1][5][4]
The two men from Ravenna are defended by lawyers Carlo Benini and Carlotta Benini.[7]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one accessible account of this event was opened; searches found no second outlet or agency statement to corroborate it.
The 19 kg total is reported as approximate, split as about nine kilograms in Ravenna and about ten kilograms in Cervia, with no exact laboratory weight published.
The incident date of 2 November 2026 is the operations date; 4 November 2026 is the article publication date and the judge-validation date.
The reported 1.6 kilograms is the weight of THC-containing biscuits, not a cannabis-only weight, so it is excluded from kilograms seized.
The 29 vials of codeine syrup, 3,015 euros, packaging material, scales, phones and the Beretta pistol are mentioned to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures.
No charges, trial or sentence beyond the validation of arrests and precautionary measures were reported; the pistol-origin inquiry was still under way.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Polizia di Stato: The other Mobile Squad in the joint service was the Forlì-Cesena squad.
The new article dated 5 November 2026 gives no separate operation or validation dates, reporting only that the Cervia search occurred the same afternoon, so the existing operation and validation dates rest on earlier sources.
The Ravenna Web Tv account reproduces the Ravenna police statement already cited in this report, so it is not independent reporting.
Ravenna Web Tv dates the published account 4 November 2026 and gives the operation date as 2 November, the same dates the report already uses.
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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.
State police dog Rex led officers to a Catania home where a 20-year-old had hidden 252 grams of marijuana and 34 grams of hashish with a scale and vacuum sealer. The man was arrested for possession with intent to deal and held for a fast-track trial.
