Carabinieri of the Santa Maria Capua Vetere station, supported by the force’s Sarno dog unit, reported three people at liberty after targeted anti-dealing checks across the town on 12 November 2026.[1] Officers stopped an 18-year-old from Portico di Caserta on foot in via Galatina and found 10.17 grams of hashish on him after a personal search.[1] A second account of the same checks gives the same street stop and the same 10.17-gram amount of hashish.[2] The investigation then extended to home searches of a 20-year-old of Egyptian origin living in the town and a 47-year-old woman resident there, where the drug dogs pinpointed the stashes.[1]

In the young man’s bedroom, officers found 16.54 grams of hashish already divided into 13 bars wrapped in foil inside a hidden backpack.[1] The second account confirms the 16.54 grams in 13 foil-wrapped bars hidden in the backpack in the young man’s bedroom.[2] In the woman’s home, officers recovered 19 grams of hashish, 30 grams of marijuana and a precision scale from the dining-room table, items considered consistent with dealing.[1] The second account confirms the 19 grams of hashish, 30 grams of marijuana and precision scale found in the woman’s home.[2]

All the material found was seized and placed at the disposal of the judicial authority, to which the three suspects were referred at liberty.[1] The proceedings are in the preliminary-investigation phase, and the presumption of innocence applies to everyone involved until any final conviction.[1]