Specifically, soldiers from the Carabinieri Station of Rocchetta Sant’Antonio, during road traffic checks carried out on the SS655, stopped the driver of a car in whose passenger compartment, during more in-depth checks, 150 grams of marijuana and around 200 euros in cash, considered drug dealing proceeds. The man is currently under house arrest at his home.
The Carabinieri of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of the Cerignola Company, during a further service carried out in the urban center of that municipality, ordered a motorcycle whose driver, upon seeing the soldiers, attempted to escape by carrying out dangerous maneuvers. and tried to get rid of a cellophane wrapper containing 45 grams of cocaine along the way, which was promptly recovered. The Carabinieri managed to stop the man – found in possession of money which had been seized as it was considered the proceeds of drug dealing – and to take him to the Foggia prison.
The Carabinieri then carried out a local search at the home of a man already under house arrest for specific crimes, inside which, hidden behind the kitchen refrigerator, 36 grams of cocaine and approximately 600 euros in cash were found and seized. , believed to be proceeds from drug dealing activities. The arrested person was taken to the Foggia district prison.
During targeted observation, control and shadowing services, the military arrested a man – taken under house arrest – accused of having hidden, inside a bush, a bag containing approximately 400 grams of cocaine, hashish and marijuana, subjected to seizure.
The Carabinieri also arrested a man in flagrante delicto and sent to prison a man who allegedly hid 41 doses of cocaine ready for retail sale in his car and approximately 750 doses of cocaine in the attic of a house under renovation attributable to him. grams of cocaine, hashish and marijuana.
