Police in Santa Maria Capua Vetere arrested two men on the evening of 6 November 2026 on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale and attempting to supply them.[1][2] Officers of the town’s State Police station, working with a Squadra Volante patrol car, had identified an apparent drug handover in a peripheral part of the city after intelligence work.[1][2] The squad interrupted the exchange and stopped the two men in the act of committing the offence.[3][2] NotiziaE Caserta dates the operation to 6 November 2026.[4]

Personal, vehicle and house searches then turned up about 40 grams of hashish already divided into doses ready for sale and about 1,000 euros in cash, which police suspect is proceeds of the drug trade.[1][2] Officers also seized several mobile phones that kept receiving calls and messages thought to be drug orders, along with handwritten notes police link to the trade’s accounts.[1][2] Telegolfo, in the Gulf of Gaeta area of the same region, published the same station statement with the same figures.[3]

A judge at the court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere ordered the two arrested men to report to the judicial police, a non-custodial measure.[5] The judge gave the measure after the arrest of the two young men, accused of possessing drugs for sale and attempted supply.[5] CasertaNews reports that the judge reached the decision after hearing the defence lawyers Antonio Cioffi, Giuseppe Guadagno and Luigi Poziello.[6] Edizione Caserta says the proceedings will continue to establish the two men’s responsibility, with the presumption of innocence until a final conviction.[7]