Carabinieri arrested a 63-year-old man, already known to law enforcement, in flagrante in San Paolo di Civitate on suspicion of possessing drugs for dealing.[1][2][3] The operation was carried out by officers of the local Carabinieri station as part of drug prevention and enforcement checks.[4] After the arrest was validated, the preliminary investigations judge ordered house arrest for the man.[1][2][3]
Officers seized over 320 grams of marijuana and about 66 grams of cocaine, along with material for packaging doses.[1][2][3] Officers found a first dose of marijuana on the kitchen table during a search of the man’s home in the town centre.[1][3] They recovered six more sealed packages of the same substance hidden in an adjacent plot available to the 63-year-old.[1][2][3]
Investigators estimated the seized drugs could have yielded about 1,900 marijuana doses and 400 cocaine doses.[1][2][3] A vacuum-packing machine and a roll of film, believed to be used for preparing and packaging the drugs, were also found in the home.[1][3] The case was in the preliminary investigations phase, with the suspect presumed innocent until a final conviction.[4][3]
