19-year-old arrested in Sassari over 2 kg of hashish; officer injured
Guardia di Finanza officers in Sassari arrested a 19-year-old student from Friuli on 23 October 2026 after a package from Spain and a search of his room yielded about 2 kg of hashish. A judge ordered him held in Bancali prison on charges of possession for sale and resisting an officer, after he injured a finance officer during the arrest.
The person who went to collect it told officers he did not know what it
contained and said a young man had asked him to do it.[1]The finds totalled
about 2 kg of hashish, the Guardia di Finanza said.[2]
Officers found the 19-year-old later at a bar in the city.[2]The case reached
court on Saturday 24 October for a hearing to validate the arrest.[3]Judge
Sara Pelicci ordered him held in custody at Bancali prison in Sassari, as
prosecutor Giovanni Dore had requested.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The English L'Unione Sarda translation says the 19-year-old was arrested in Bancali 'today'; the Italian reports say he was arrested in Sassari on 23 October and taken to Bancali prison after the 24 October hearing.
The reports do not name the 19-year-old or say what happened to the person who was asked to collect the parcel.
No trial date or later court outcome was reported; the custody order is a pre-trial measure, not a sentence.
No street value was given for the 2 kg of hashish.
No photograph of the seized hashish or the arrest itself was published; the main article's image shows a Guardia di Finanza vehicle.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nuova Sardegna: A 19-year-old student from Friuli who had lived in Sassari for a few months was arrested there by the Guardia di Finanza, Italy's finance police, on 23 October 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nuova Sardegna: The investigation began with a package from Spain holding about 1.5 kg of hashish, addressed for collection at a newsstand in the city.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nuova Sardegna: A search of the room he occupied in a shared flat found another 500 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nuova Sardegna: When they tried to stop him he resisted, injuring a finance officer who needed medical treatment, and tried to damage his phone before he was handcuffed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nuova Sardegna: He faces charges of possession of drugs for sale and resisting a public officer, and is represented by lawyers Dario Piu and Lorenzo De Stefani.
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.