CATANIA – The soldiers of the Provincial Command of Catania Financial Policeduring an operation aimed at repressing drug trafficking, have cocaine was seized and the person responsible was arrested in flagrante delicto.
The escape from the checkpoint
During a check economic of the territory, the soldiers of the Company of Acireale they have noticed a vehicle repeating the same route in a suspicious manner. At the height of toll booth highway, the military attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver accelerated in the direction of Aci Castellostarting a Chase finished with it car crash. After the accidentthe driver tried to escape on footbut it was quickly blocked.
Drugs in the car
The man was found in possession of a plastic bag containing a white substance and a bottle with approximately 2.5 ml of liquid. A quick analysis via narcotestcarried out in the offices of the operating department, confirmed that the substance was cocainewith a total weight of over 100 grams net of the casing.
Further analysis at the Chemical Laboratory of Customs and Monopolies confirmed that the white powder was cocaine with a purity level of 91.4%While the liquid in the bottle turned out to be poppersone drug consisting mainly of alkyl nitrites.
The arrest of the man from Messina without a driving licence
The man, a fifty-year-old from Messina with precedents for drug trafficking and dealing, carrying and illegal possession of weapons and crimes against the person, was made available to the Judicial Authority, which ordered his detention in Catania prison Piazza Lanzaand the drug seizure.
Further investigations revealed that the subject had never obtained a driving licensesince the issuance of the document is automatically denied to those who have been convicted of drug-related crimes. It wasn’t the first time he had been caught driving without a license.
