Carabinieri arrested a 24-year-old foreign man with no fixed address in Prato Giardino park in central Viterbo on the late afternoon of 5 November 2026.[1] The arrest was made by the Radiomobile section of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of the Viterbo company during prevention patrols against drug dealing in the city’s public areas.[1] Officers noticed the young man walking through the park avenues with behaviour they deemed suspicious and decided to check him.[1][2] When he saw the patrol, he allegedly tried to quickly discard a packet to evade the check, and officers immediately stopped him and recovered it.[1][2] A second account also places the intervention inside Prato Giardino.[3]
Inside the packet officers found about 38 grams of hashish, which they seized.[1][2] A personal search then found 65 euros in banknotes of different denominations, seized as suspected proceeds of dealing.[1][2] A third account likewise reports about 38 grams of hashish and 65 euros seized as suspected proceeds of dealing.[4]
After the checks the man was arrested in flagrante and placed at the disposal of the judicial authority for a summary trial under the rito direttissimo procedure.[1][2] The Carabinieri statement gave no outcome of the hearing.[1] The operation was part of wider territorial checks focused on green areas and gathering places to prevent street drug dealing and other widespread illegality.[1] He remains presumed innocent until any final conviction, under Article 27 of the Constitution.[1]
