Palermo, Carabinieri checks: fake gun pointed from car and arrest for drug dealing

I continue territorial control services of the Carabinieri of the Palermo Piazza Verdi Company, aimed at prevention and fight against crime both in central areas of the city both in peripheral areas During a night patrol in Via Nicolò Turrisi, the military of the Palermo Central Station they noticed a 19enne, passenger on board a car, who he was brandishing a gun out of the window, pointing it upwards.

The vehicle was stopped in Piazza Verdi and, following a personal and vehicle searches, the Carabinieri found in the young man's possession a plastic pellet gun with red cap. The boy was then reported while at liberty for caused alarm, considering the potential risk to public safety. A second intervention was carried out in Father Spoto Street, where the military of the Brancaccio Station have a 23-year-old criminal arrested, already subjected to the measure of presentation to the judicial policeThe man, known to the police, is accused of possession for the purpose of trafficking of narcotic substances and it was also reported for illegal possession of weapons or objects capable of causing harm.

At the sight of flashing lights of the company car, the young man showed a suspicious attitude, starting to walk nervously. Stopped and checked, he was found in possession of 4 doses of cocaine, 42 doses of hashish, hacksaw with 14 cm long blade e 80 euros in cash, considered proceeds from drug dealing activities. Il Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Court of Palermo ha the arrest was validated, arranging for the suspect to measure of house arrest.