25-year-old arrested in Turin with 7 kg of hashish and 2,370 euros in cash
State police in Turin's Barriera di Milano district stopped a 25-year-old Moroccan man on an electric scooter in Via Fossata as he handed out drugs, and found 20 hashish blocks weighing more than 2 kg on him and about 5 kg more, plus 56 g of cocaine and 2,370 euros, in a flat he led them to. He was held for drug possession for sale and taken to the Lorusso e Cutugno prison.
🇮🇹 Via Fossata, Barriera di Milano, Turin, Piedmont · Italy
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Arrested
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Cannabis
7.056 kg
Sites
2
Cash confiscated
EUR 2,370
State police in Turin arrested a 25-year-old Moroccan man on suspicion of
possessing drugs for sale, and took him to the Lorusso e Cutugno prison on the
judicial authority’s order.[1][2]
A personal search found 14 round and 6 rectangular blocks of hashish weighing
more than 2 kg in total, and two sets of keys to two separate flats in the area.[1][3][2][4][5]In one of the flats officers found and seized about 5 kg of hashish in
blocks, 56 grams of pure cocaine hidden in a chest in the living room, and 2,370
euros in cash.[1][3][2][4][5]The police statement describes the cash as proceeds of the
illicit activity.[1]
The man was not legally resident in Italy and was arrested for drug possession
for sale by order of the judicial authority.[6]He was then associated with
the Lorusso e Cutugno prison in Turin, the city’s main pre-trial detention
house.[6]Torino Oggi reported that the 20 hashish blocks carried by the man
weighed more than two kilograms and that one bunch of keys led officers to the
two flats.[7]The Lorusso e Cutugno is the Turin prison where he was held, as
the reporters put it, behind the prison doors.[7]Il Giornale Popolare
reproduced the police statement, describing the flat as the dealer’s drug depot
of 5 kg of hashish, 56 grams of cocaine and 2,370 euros in cash.[8]
The Turin police headquarters said the case is at the preliminary investigation
stage and the suspect is presumed innocent until a final judgment.[1]
Officers of the Barriera Milano police station, on territorial patrol, saw him arrive on an electric scooter heading for Via Fossata and stopped him as he was handing drugs to other people.[2][4][5]
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Image filed as "sequestro" with the Turin police headquarters statement on the Barriera Milano arrest and the hashish seizure. Photo: Polizia di Stato, Questura di TorinoPhoto details
The police headquarters statement says the arrest took place "nei giorni scorsi" (in recent days); 8 November 2026, the date of the statement and of the submitted article, is used as the incident date.
The report counts 20 hashish blocks weighing over 2 kg on the man plus about 5 kg found in one flat, giving 7.056 kg as a minimum total; both components are stated as approximations or lower bounds, not exact laboratory weights.
No value estimate was published for the seized hashish, and the 56 g of cocaine is not included in cannabis figures.
The statement says the case is at the preliminary investigation stage; no charge wording beyond possession for sale, no trial date and no court outcome were reported.
No figure was published for the second flat, whose keys the man also carried; only one flat's contents were reported.
Torino Oggi and Il Giornale Popolare reproduce the same police statement, combining the key figures differently, so they are not independent reporting of the seizure.
Neither the statement nor the accounts name the man; only his age and nationality were given.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Questura di Torino, Polizia di Stato: Officers of the Barriera Milano police station, on territorial patrol, saw him arrive on an electric scooter heading for Via Fossata and stopped him as he was handing drugs to other people.
The InfoOggi capsule gives no value estimate for the hashish, and the 56 g of cocaine is not counted in cannabis figures.
The outlet repeats the police account without a separate date or time for the stop; 8 November 2026 is its publication date.
The rough figure of almost 7 kg combines hashish and cocaine; only the separately stated hashish weights are used as the cannabis figure.
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.
