REGGIO CALABRIA Two drug arrests were made by the State Police in a few days in Reggio Calabria.
The first arrest has taken place along State Road 106in the countryside of the municipality of Condofuri, where the personnel of the Brancaleone Traffic Police and the UPGSP of the Police Headquarters arrested a person in the act of committing the crime of possession for the purpose of dealing in narcotic substances. The man, while traveling in a car, did not stop at the stop ordered by the traffic police officers and began his escape in the direction of Reggio Calabria. The fugitive was then stopped by the police squad and the traffic officers who identified the man, a 29-year-old convicted felon from Reggio, without a license to drive a rental car. The man’s behavior led the State Police Agents to carry out a personal and vehicle search and, under the seat, a heat-sealed cellophane wrapper was identified and seized. with approximately 400 grams inside of a substance which, subjected to chemical-qualitative examination by the specialized personnel of the Regional Cabinet of Scientific Police for Calabria in Reggio Calabria, was found to be a narcotic of the cocaine type. The check also continued at the man’s home with the help of a State Police canine unit. The judicial authority validated the arrest and ordered the man to be placed in prison as a precautionary measure.
A 65-year-old man arrested
The second arrest was made by police personnel at the police station in the northern area of the city. The Agents noticed a person on board a scooter who, upon seeing the State Police car, was trying to get rid of a container, walking along a stretch of sidewalk. The Officers stopped the man and recovered the package which contained approximately 13 grams of substance, which, following the results of the tests carried out by the local Regional Scientific Police Office, was found to be of the cocaine type. The man, a 65-year-old from Reggio Calabria with a police record, was subjected to a personal search and police activity was also extended to his home. In the home of the arrested person, with the help of a canine unit of the local Guardia di Finanza, inside a closet, a quantity equal to approximately 55 grams of cocaine was recovered and seized, as well as material for weighing and dividing the amazing. The competent judicial authority validated the arrest and ordered the man to be placed on precautionary measures in prison. ([email protected])
