Ancona: Territory control throughout the province, many 20-year-olds reported

The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Ancona have carried out a series of services on the territory, to ensure safety both in the capital and in the municipalities of the coastal strip and in the internal areas. The activities were oriented in particular to combating illicit drug trafficking and drug use.

In the capital, the Carabinieri of the Company of Ancona have an 18-year-old Bangladeshi, with specific criminal records, was reported for possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing, caught in the city centre in possession of 5 packages containing 10 grams of hashish, presumably intended for sale. Furthermore, six other young people between 20 and 30 years old were found in possession of various doses of hashish and marijuana intended for personal consumption, and were therefore reported to the Prefecture as users. The drug was seized and will be subjected to quantitative and qualitative tests at the Narcotics Analysis Laboratory (Lass) of the Carabinieri Operations Department in via della Montagnola.

A Jesi, the soldiers of the Radiomobile Squad have a 20 year old Italian man arrested for resisting violence against a public official who, in the very central Corso Matteotti, without apparent reasons but in a state of psychoagitation probably due to substance abuse, was verbally and physically attacking the customers of a bar. The man, invited to calm down, he violently attacked the Carabinieri, engaging in a fierce fight before being immobilized. Fortunately, no passers-by were injured, while the soldiers suffered minor bruises.

A Genga the Carabinieri of the local station, during a check, surprised two 20-year-olds from Fabriano while smoking hashish. The two young men, one of whom was already known for a similar precedent, were also reported to the Prefecture as drug users.

Also to Castelfidardo The local military stopped another 20 year old, also found in possession of hashish intended for personal consumption.

Furthermore, throughout the Province, road checkpoints. There are 7 motorists caught driving under the influence of alcohol and psychotropic substances in Ancona, Senigallia, Jesi, Loreto, Staffolo, with blood alcohol levels found even five times higher than the permitted level. In one case it was ordered Administrative seizure of the vehicle driven by a 35-year-old Cuban under the influence of alcohol who, when checked at the Ancona Centre, also turned out to have never obtained a driving licence. Another driver, reported following a positive breathalyser test, was driving despite having his license revoked for similar conduct, with a recurrence within two years.

A Staffolo a driver, who showed typical symptoms of probable drug taking, was reported to the Judicial Authority because he refused to undergo laboratory tests, with immediate withdrawal of the driving document.