On the evening of 12 November 2026, Carabinieri from the Borghetto Santo Spirito station arrested a 35-year-old resident of the Savona hinterland in flagrante for alleged possession of drugs for dealing.[1] The Carabinieri focused their attention on the square in front of the elementary school in Piazza Corrado, Toirano.[2] There, at about 17:25, they noticed two men in a parked car who showed evident nervousness at the sight of the officers, prompting a closer check.[2] The officers reconstructed a suspected drug handover said to have just occurred: a 36-year-old from Savona spontaneously handed over about 0.64 grams of cocaine, saying he had just bought it from the 35-year-old for 50 euros.[2] A personal search of the suspected dealer found 775 euros in cash in small-denomination notes, considered proceeds of the illegal activity.[2] On the order of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Savona, the 35-year-old was placed under house arrest pending a validation hearing scheduled for the same day.[2] The buyer was instead reported to the local Prefecture for personal drug use.[2]
The searches were then extended to the 35-year-old’s home and the condominium landing, where the Carabinieri found a sports bag hidden under a small cabinet.[2] Inside the bag and the apartment, officers seized about 75 grams of cocaine, over 105 grams of hashish, 6,700 euros in cash kept in a cardboard box, three digital precision scales with drug residue, a knife with hashish traces and a telescopic baton.[2] A search of a second car belonging to the suspect, parked in the same piazza, found about 598 grams of hashish divided into six packs wrapped in aluminium foil.[2] All the drugs tested positive on rapid narcotests, and the drugs, cash and other items found were seized.[2]
The operation was presented as part of the Carabinieri’s daily territorial control work, with attention to predatory crime, drug trafficking and the protection of sensitive areas and places frequented by young people.[2] The case was still in the preliminary-investigation phase, with the suspect presumed innocent until a final conviction.[2]
