Lucca, caught drug dealing: Il Tirreno arrested

LUCCA. A 25-year-old Moroccan was arrested by the police for the crime of possession of narcotic substances for the purpose of dealing. The young man was caught in the act of selling narcotic substances: a gram passed to a consumer. The arrest took place on the afternoon of Tuesday 21st, when the patrol cars were going to the Segromigno in Piano area to carry out an extraordinary check of the territory. During patrolling, the police noticed, in Viale Europa, on the corner of Via dei Bocchi, in the municipality of Capannori, a young man near a red Peugeot 1007 car who, at the sight of the police cars, was speeding away in a hurry towards Ponte a Moriano. Suspicious about this sudden departure, the operators of a police car stopped the young man on foot and another car chased the car which was stopped after a few hundred metres. At the time of the check, the young man handed over 2 doses of a narcotic substance such as cocaine which he said he had just purchased from the driver of the red Peugeot car, who at the same time was stopped and while he was trying to hide, in his private parts, a the sock was later found to contain 24 doses of a narcotic test positive for cocaine. Accompanied to the police station, the man was subjected to a personal and vehicular search which led to the discovery of a wrapper containing 100 grams of cocaine, hidden inside the dashboard behind a bulkhead. He was also in possession of 1200 euros in banknotes of various denominations. The judge validated the arrest by placing the 25-year-old under house arrest.