8 referred in Siena as Halloween checks seize 21 g of cannabis
Carabinieri in Siena province referred eight people to the Prefecture for drug possession during Halloween-night road and nightclub checks, seizing 21 grams of marijuana and hashish. More than 200 people were identified and 50 vehicles checked, with 30 breath tests and 12 traffic fines issued.
🇮🇹 Siena, Monteroni d'Arbia, Poggibonsi and Monteriggioni, Siena province · Italy
Between 31 October and 1 November, Carabinieri of the Siena Provincial Command
carried out an extraordinary vigilance operation that led to eight reports to
the Prefecture for drug possession.[1]The eight people were reported as drug
users after being found with marijuana and hashish totalling 21 grams.[1][2]The
operation covered the main road junctions of Siena, Monteroni d’Arbia,
Poggibonsi and Monteriggioni, with attention to dangerous driving linked to
alcohol and drugs.[1]More than 50 Carabinieri took part and carried out
checks until the early hours of the morning.[1]
Officers identified more than 200 people and checked 50 vehicles.[1]Thirty
drivers underwent breath-alcohol tests and officers issued 12 traffic-violation
fines.[1]Checks were extended to the area’s main nightclubs and to verifying
compliance by people under house arrest or other obligations.[1]
The stated aim was stronger prevention and safety on evenings with heavy
presence on roads and in gathering places.[1]The extraordinary services were
to continue over coming weekends ahead of increased travel and nightlife use
toward the Christmas holidays.[1]
Case data
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Carabinieri of the Gorizia company found a 37-year-old man smoking a joint on the second floor of the disused Albero alla Transalpina in via Giuseppe Caprin on 10 November 2026 and seized more than two grams of marijuana. The man was taken to the company offices and reported to the Prefecture of Gorizia for possession of drugs for personal use; no arrest was reported.
Guardia di Finanza officers stopped a car in Lario Intelvese and recovered 21.2 grams of hashish thrown away by one of five youths. The youth was reported to the judicial authority for possession for dealing and the drugs were seized.
Carabinieri from the Donori station stopped two unemployed 20-year-olds from Ussana in a car and found a small amount of hashish and a packet of benzodiazepine medicines without a prescription. The pair were reported to the administrative authority and the driver lost his licence; nobody was arrested.
Carabinieri stopped a 35-year-old from Rieti at a checkpoint on State Road 4 Salaria by the disused ex Bosi industrial area in Cittaducale and found about 12 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material in his car and home. He was released pending trial and reported to the prosecutor in Rieti on suspicion of holding drugs for sale.
