Convicted man arrested in Castellammare del Golfo for possession of cocaine and hashish

The State Police officers of the Castellammare del Golfo Police Station have a criminal was arrested after being found in possession of narcotic substances such as “cocaine” and “hashish” in his home. In particular, during a specific judicial police activity, turned to combating the phenomenon of dealing in narcotic and/or psychotropic substances, carried out with the help of a canine unit from the Palermo Police Headquarters, a search was carried out search of the home of a criminal Castellammarese following the previous check of a consumer and purchaser of such substances, who, following roadside checks, carried out in the vicinity of that house, was found in possession of a dose of cocaine defined as "twenty", or weighing 0,20 g, packaged in heat-sealed cellophane wrapping, which he tried to get rid of to evade police control.

The search, promptly executed at the home of the person under investigation, had a positive outcome, since The police found 77 small packages of cocaine-type narcotic substance (gross weight of 24,9 grams), 1 package with another narcotic substance of the hashish type (gross weight of 2,66 grams) and a sum of money of 165,00 euros. The subject came arrested in the act and placed under house arrest at his home, awaiting the celebration of the summary trial before the Court of Trapani - Criminal Section, which validated the arrest of the suspect, placing the burden on him the application of the joint precautionary measures of the obligation to report to the Judicial Police and the obligation to reside in the Municipality of Castellammare del Golfo, further ordering him not to leave the municipality without the prior authorization of the judge in charge and finally ordering the release of the accused.

It also came validated and executed the preventive seizure of part of the sum of money seized during the search, considered the profit from the sale of narcotic substances ascertained by the operating Police personnel. Despite the brilliant results already achieved by the police officers of the Castellammare del Golfo State Police Station, within the scope of the activity of contrast to the phenomenon of dealing in narcotic and/or psychotropic substances, with the arrest of several individuals deemed responsible for similar criminal conduct, the operators of the aforementioned Offices remain committed to carrying out a careful and widespread activity of prevention and repression of similar types of crime. All this, to testify that the level of attention always remains high in order to prevent the further commission of similar crimes and bring those responsible to justice.