Italian courier arrested with 30 kg of marijuana in Ventimiglia
Guardia di Finanza officers arrested an Italian driver at the Ventimiglia motorway border crossing on 27 October after finding 30 kg of marijuana in his car. Drug dogs Kirk and Rando located the drug in two bags holding 25 heat-sealed packages; officers also seized 2,700 euros in cash, phones, a tablet and the car.
On 27 October, Guardia di Finanza dog-unit officers of the Ventimiglia company
stopped a car driven by an Italian man at the motorway border crossing entering
Italy.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]The officers arrested the Italian driver for international
trafficking in narcotic substances.[11][2][4][5][6][8][9][10][12]The Imperia prosecutor’s office assumed
direction of the investigation.[1][2][4][8][9][10]The man remains presumed innocent until any
final sentence.[11][9]
With drug dogs Kirk and Rando, officers found two bags concealing 25 heat-sealed
bags containing 30 kilograms of marijuana.[1][2][3][13][4][5][6][14][9][10][12]Officers also seized2,700 euros
in cash, deemed proceeds of the offence, along with two mobile phones, a tablet
and the car used for transport.[1][2][13][4][5][6][14][7][8][9][10][12]
The driver had tried to evade the check by steering toward the outer exit lanes
and gave contradictory, evasive accounts of a trip to Spain.[1][2][5][7][9][10][12]The Guardia di
Finanza of Imperia conducted the operation as part of border controls against
cross-border illicit trafficking.[11][9]
Photos and video
Photo credited to the Guardia di Finanza accompanying the report on the Ventimiglia seizure. Photo: GDFPhoto details
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The reports do not name or age the arrested driver.
No street value for the marijuana was published.
No court outcome beyond the arrest was reported.
The Primocanale page gives only its publication date of 3 November 2026 and no separate incident day; 27 October relies on the Imperiapost account and existing sources.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Liguria Notizie: The driver had tried to evade the check by steering toward the outer exit lanes and gave contradictory, evasive accounts of a trip to Spain.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Agenzia giornalistica Opinione: The driver had tried to evade the check by steering toward the outer exit lanes and gave contradictory, evasive accounts of a trip to Spain.
Railway police in Ravenna reported an 18-year-old Italian at liberty after a smell in the station hall led them to about 35 grams of cannabinoids. The Questura said he was already known for drug offences and was also reported for breaching two removal orders.
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.