Three phones and hashish seized in two cells at Uta prison
Prison police seized three mobile phones, chargers and small quantities of hashish during a routine search of two cells at the Cagliari-Uta prison on 3 November 2026. The Sappe penitentiary-police union announced the seizure and praised the officers, stressing the need for vigilance against phones and drugs in prisons.
On the morning of 3 November 2026, penitentiary police carried out a routine
search of two cells at the Cagliari-Uta prison in Uta, Sardinia.[1][2][3]During
that search, officers found and seized three mobile phones.[1][4][3]Officers also
seized two power adapters and three USB cables used for charging.[5][4][3]Officers
also seized small quantities of hashish, described as a small amount of
cannabis.[5][3]
The seizure was announced by Donato Capece, general secretary of Sappe, the
autonomous penitentiary-police union, and Luca Fais, Sappe’s national secretary
for Sardinia.[5][2][3]Capece and Fais praised the Cagliari institute’s officers for
the professionalism, investigative skill and high sense of duty shown in the
operation.[1]
They said the discovery of phones, chargers and drugs confirms the importance of
maintaining high vigilance inside prisons to block the introduction and
circulation of phones and drugs.[5][4]The union also pointed to the operational
complexity and daily challenges of the Cagliari prison and to the prison
police’s central role in protecting security and managing the facility.[1]
Sources
犹他州监狱缴获三部手机和毒品. L'Unione Sarda Chinese, 4 November 2026. In Chinese.
No weight was published for the hashish, described only as small quantities, so no kilograms can be recorded.
No detainee was named and no arrest, charge or disciplinary outcome was reported.
The page's only image shows a generic penitentiary-police officer credited to L'Unione Sarda and does not show the seized phones or drugs, so no media entry is included.
A separate 8 October 2026 seizure at the same prison involving fentanyl patches is a different event left out here.
The Cagliaripad page's only listed image was uploaded in June 2025 and captioned only as a Uta prison cell, so it is not shown to depict this November 2026 seizure and no media entry is included.
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