Widespread checks in the streets of Ercolano and Portici with the Carabinieri of the Torre del Greco company who combed the nightlife areas and places where young people gather.
Several people were checked and identified, anyone who aroused suspicion was searched and it was precisely an unsuspecting person who ended up in handcuffs.
It is around 21pm when – during the checks – the soldiers are walking along via Casampora Herculaneum. The soldiers are on foot and are attracted by a strong smell. From the window of an apartment not the typical smell of preparing for Sunday lunch but something else: marijuana.
The Carabinieri knock on the door, a 32-year-old worker with no criminal record opens the door. The search begins and ends with the discovery of drugs. In the kitchen cupboard, 360 grams of marijuana contained inside glass jars.
Drugs but not only, in a closet - used for drying marijuana and source of the strong smell that had reached the outside of the house - 1 rocket launcher pistol caliber 22.
A 22 caliber flare gun was also found
The weapon and drugs were seized. Investigations are underway by the Carabinieri to reconstruct the entire affair and ascertain the role played by the man with no criminal record.
That is, whether he was a custodian of the drugs on behalf of someone or an unsuspecting pusher and then trace his suppliers and then on behalf of who he was dealing. The arrested man is awaiting trial which will be held tomorrow with a direct trial.
Article published on November 5, 2023 - 10:25
