8 arrested as Reggio police seize 10 kg of marijuana in youth sweep
Reggio Calabria police arrested eight adults and reported seven youths during youth-crime checks, seizing about 10 kg of marijuana plus 37 g of hashish. Officers carried out 16 searches across the city centre, squares, shops, arcades and stations, also checking 103 minors.
🇮🇹 Reggio Calabria · Italy
- Arrested
- 8
- Cannabis
- 10.037 kg
Reggio Calabria’s Squadra Mobile, the city’s mobile detective branch, arrested
eight adults during extraordinary checks targeting youth crime.[1] Six of them
were arrested for crimes against the person and property, resistance and insult
to public officials, mafia-type association, drug trafficking and production and
other drug offences, and illegal possession of weapons of war, ammunition and
explosives.[1] The other two were arrested for production, trafficking, trade
and unlawful possession of narcotic or psychotropic substances.[1] Seven young
people were reported at liberty for crimes against the person, property and drug
offences.[1] Authorities also imposed two orders to report to the judicial
police and issued three oral warnings.[1]
Officers carried out 16 personal and home searches that led to the drug and
weapon seizure.[1] The searches seized about 10 kg of marijuana and 37 grams
of hashish, together with 3.5 grams of cocaine and a pistol.[1] The 3.5 grams
of cocaine are a separate non-cannabis substance and are not counted in the
cannabis quantity.[2]
Police identified and checked 103 minors during the operation.[1]
Sources
- Criminalità giovanile a Reggio: 8 arresti e 10 kg di marijuana sequestrati. CityNow, 2 November 2026. In Italian.
- Droga, armi e ‘ndrangheta, otto arresti nel Reggino nell’operazione contro la criminalità giovanile. Corriere della Calabria, 2 November 2026. In Italian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The articles give only their publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate date for the checks, so that date is used as the incident date.
- The marijuana amount is stated as about 10 kg, so the 10.037 kg cannabis total is approximate.
- The 3.5 grams of cocaine seized in the same searches are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figure.
- The seven young people reported at liberty are not counted as arrested or charged.
- The reports do not name those arrested or reported, nor give their ages, custody status or any court outcome.
- No independent weighing beyond the police count is reported.
- No photo is listed because the CityNow image is captioned only Polizia Rc Volante with a 2024 file path and the Corriere image caption does not establish that it shows this seizure.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Corriere della Calabria: The checks covered the city centre, the main squares, shopping centres, gambling halls and stations.
