State Police arrested a 48-year-old Italian man with previous convictions in Sesto San Giovanni, in the Milan area, on a charge of holding drugs for dealing.[1][2][3] Officers of the investigative squad at the Sesto San Giovanni police station had been watching closely packed public-housing blocks that police said held a high concentration of people with criminal records.[1][3] Police said the area was marked by a high concentration of people with criminal records.[1] During those checks they found the man near his home.[1][2][3]

He was carrying about two kilograms of hashish, split into several packages inside an ordinary shopping bag, and a sum of cash.[1][2][3] A later search of premises under his control found another 50 grams of marijuana.[1][2][3] Police seized the hashish, the marijuana and the cash.[1]

The file was sent to the public prosecutor’s office at the Monza court for validation of the arrest.[1][2] The judicial authority validated the arrest and, at the end of a fast-track hearing, ordered the suspect to report to the judicial police.[1][2][3] The case remains in the preliminary investigation, and guilt can be established only by a final conviction.[4]