Paternò: Drug dealer arrested after drug delivery downtown.

A Paternò (CT) a lightning operation by the Carabinieri led to the arrest of a 30-year-old resident of the Catania hinterland, caught in the city center while he sold drugs to a motoristThe constant attention of the military of the Paternò Company in monitoring the city streets and decisively combating drug trafficking, has allowed a patrol of spotting the young man as he approached a vehicle parked near Via Vittorio Emanuele and delivered two small packages to the driver, receiving in exchange a 20 euro banknote.

The immediate intervention of the crew allowed to block both. The buyer, a 32-year-old resident of Catania, admitted to having purchased the drugs a few moments before and spontaneously handed over two doses of crack, while the search carried out on the drug dealer allowed to recover a purse in which the pusher had hidden marijuana and crack.

On the basis of the evidence collected to be verified in court, the man was arrested for drug dealing and possession and held in holding cells pending the summary trial. The next day, before the Court of Catania, The 30-year-old was sentenced to one year in prison and a 1.000 euro fine..