Cuban reported for selling 2 g of marijuana in Rome's Corviale sweep
Carabinieri of the Roma Eur company reported a Cuban man to prosecutors for selling marijuana after catching him handing two grams to another man during a sweep of the Corviale, Trullo and Magliana districts. The same operation produced five arrests and eleven reports, including two Egyptians held over 247 grams of hashish found in a car wash.
Carabinieri of the Roma Eur company stopped a Cuban man while he was handing two
grams of marijuana to another man in the Corviale, Trullo and Magliana districts
on the south-western edge of Rome.[1]The Cuban was reported to prosecutors
for selling marijuana but was not arrested, the Carabinieri said.[2]
The operation, run by the Carabinieri company of Roma Eur with the helicopter
unit of Roma Urbe and motorcyclists of the Radiomobile unit, produced five
arrests and eleven reports to prosecutors.[2]Officers identified 458 people
and checked 312 vehicles, and road-code fines amounted to 10,879 euros.[2]Two
of the arrests were of an Egyptian owner and an Egyptian employee of a car wash
where officers found 247 grams of hashish, packaging material and 605 euros in
cash.[2]Two Cubans aged 28 and 49 were arrested on prison orders from the
Prosecutor General’s Office at the Rome Court of Appeal to serve one year and
ten months for a robbery and personal injuries committed in Tivoli in September
2024.[2]Among the other reports to prosecutors were a Filipino man found with
doses of shaboo, a methamphetamine-type stimulant, and three Peruvians accused
of occupying an INPS housing apartment with an illegal electricity connection.[2]
The Carabinieri described the sweep as one of their extraordinary
territory-control services meant to curb illegality and strengthen security in
Rome’s neighbourhoods.[2]
Among the other arrests in the Corviale, Trullo and Magliana sweep was a 42-year-old Italian held for breaching the conditions of his house arrest.[3]
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Carabinieri officers and vehicles during the Corviale, Trullo and Magliana operation. Photo: Roma Netweek / 14ymedioPhoto details
No separate date is given for the sweep; the Carabinieri statements and the published reports all date it 9 November 2026, which is used as the incident date.
The sources do not say where in the three districts the marijuana handover happened, so the coordinates are for the Corviale area and the precision is district.
Neither the Cuban reported for selling nor the buyer was named, and no follow-up, charge wording or court date was reported.
14ymedio cites the outlet Roma Netweek, which could not be opened; the Italian-language versions of the Carabinieri statement were used instead.
The Carabinieri statement says two people were reported to the Prefect's office for personal use, while 14ymedio names only the marijuana buyer; the second case involved five grams of hashish.
The 247 grams of hashish found at the car wash, the shaboo doses and the 605 euros in cash belong to other arrests in the same sweep and are not counted as cannabis figures for this report.
No value estimate for the two grams of marijuana was published.
GrNet, Cronache Cittadine, La Capitale and Telegolfo all reproduce the same Carabinieri Roma Eur statement, so they are not independent reporting of the cannabis episode.
The 14ymedio lead photo is credited to Roma Netweek and shows Carabinieri activity in the street; its caption does not confirm that the man reported for selling marijuana is depicted.
The 14ymedio page says the reported Cuban was a third Cuban national, but does not state whether the earlier background cases from 2024 in Tivoli and Verbania belong to this event; they are treated as separate, earlier events.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cronache Cittadine: The man who received the marijuana was reported to the Prefect's office for personal use of drugs.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Capitale: In the same sweep a 42-year-old Roman was jailed at Regina Coeli for breaching the conditions of his house arrest.
Left out agency types, as its quotation was not found in GrNet News Sicurezza e Difesa.
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.
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.
