Carabinieri in Sezze arrested two local residents aged 23 and 22 on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to deal.[1][2][3][4][5] The operation began on the afternoon of 4 November during a territorial control patrol in the town centre.[1][2] Officers stopped the two after noticing their suspicious behaviour near a public business.[6][4][5]
The street check found one youth with a small amount of hashish and the other with about 25 grams in 11 doses plus an 18 cm knife with hashish residue.[1][2][3][4][5] A bedroom search in the 23-year-old’s home found ten hashish blocks totalling about 960 grams plus just under 70 grams of marijuana.[1][2][3][4][5] Officers also seized about 165 euros in cash thought to be proceeds, two precision scales and packaging material.[1][2][3][4][5] Officers also found an electronic identity card whose microchip had been materially removed.[1][2][3] A search in the 22-year-old’s home found another roughly 25 grams of marijuana kept in two glass containers.[1][2][3][4][5] All the recovered material was seized.[1][2]
Both were arrested in flagrancy for possession with intent to deal.[1][2] After formalities the 23-year-old was transferred to Latina prison while the 22-year-old was placed under house arrest.[1][2][3][4][5] The 23-year-old was also reported at liberty for material forgery over the identity card.[1][2][3][5] The 22-year-old must also answer for carrying weapons or objects capable of offence over the knife.[1][2][5] Both remain available to the Latina public prosecutor pending the validation hearing.[1][2][5] The case is in the preliminary-investigation phase and both youths are presumed innocent until a final sentence.[1][2]
The hashish found on the younger man was packed as 11 ready doses of about 25 grams in total.[2]
