31-year-old arrested as 67 kg of hashish found in Turin car
Turin State Police arrested a 31-year-old man and reported a 46-year-old man after finding more than 67 kg of hashish hidden in a car parked in an underground garage in Via Nino Bixio. Both cars used in the alleged activity were seized, and the case was in the preliminary-investigation phase.
🇮🇹 Underground car park in Via Nino Bixio, Cenisia, Turin · Italy
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 67 kg
State Police intervened in Turin’s Cenisia quarter, arresting a 31-year-old
Moroccan citizen and reporting a 46-year-old man for possession of drugs for
dealing.[1] The operation was part of an investigation by officers of the Dora
Vanchiglia police station into suspected dealing linked to the 31-year-old.[1]
The 31-year-old was arrested and taken to the Lorusso e Cutugno prison, while
the 46-year-old with him was reported for the same offence.[1][2] The criminal
case was in the preliminary-investigation phase, with the presumption of
innocence applying to the suspects until a final judgment.[1]
A personal search found and led to the seizure of a hashish block weighing about
100 grams, 225 euros in cash and keys to several cars, homes and garages.[1] A
search of the parked car found more drugs hidden in the boot and partly under
the rear seats, for a total of more than 67 kilograms of hashish.[1][2] In the
car used for travel, officers found many stickers of the same type as those used
to mark the drug blocks.[1] Both cars used in the alleged unlawful activity
were seized.[1]
Investigators had monitored the 31-year-old’s movements and identified a
possible drug store inside an underground car park in Via Nino Bixio.[1][2]
Officers had repeatedly seen the 31-year-old linger only briefly by a car parked
inside that structure, leading them to suspect the vehicle was being used to
hide drugs.[1] TorinoToday independently reports the same Dora Vanchiglia
operation as leading to the arrest of the 31-year-old Moroccan and the reporting
of the 46-year-old for possession for dealing.[3]
Sources
- Torino, quartiere Cenisia: nascondeva in auto oltre 67 kg di hashish, arrestato. Polizia di Stato — Questura di Torino, 31 October 2026. In Italian.
- Auto piena di droga nel parcheggio sotterraneo, oltre 67 kg di hashish nel bagagliaio e sotto i sedili: arrestato 31enne a Torino Cenisia. TorinoToday, 2 November 2026. In Italian.
- Auto piena di droga, oltre 67 kg di hashish nel bagagliaio e sotto i sedili: arrestato 31enne a Torino Cenisia. TorinoToday, 2 November 2026. In Italian.
Open questions the AI reported
- No separate incident date is given; 31 October 2026 is the police statement's publication date and is used as the incident date.
- The sources say only 'more than 67 kilograms' and do not give an exact weight or clarify whether the separately described 100-gram block is included in that total.
- No charges, trial or sentencing outcome were reported; the case was described as being in the preliminary-investigation phase.
- The existing report cites the TorinoToday page as .../parcehggio-sotterraneo-auto-67kg-hashish.html while the submitted URL uses .../parcheggio-sotterraneo-auto-67kg-hashish.html; the identical title, date and content indicate the same article under a URL variant.
- The submitted page displays photos of the seizure that appear to republish the police handout already listed from the Questura, so no duplicate media entry is added.
