Ispica. Precious contribution of the drug detection dog Rilej to arrest a young 19 year old. He was found in possession of cocaine and hashish for the purpose of trafficking.

Modica (RG), 29 February 2024. In recent days the soldiers of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit of the Carabinieri Company of Modica, actively assisted by colleagues from the Nicolosi Dog Unit, during the traditional control of the territory carried out with a series of targeted services at the repression of drug dealing in the Ispicese hinterland, arranged so that there can be a concrete perception of the social reality of the area, arrested a 19-year-old local man, single, worker and with specific precedents in the matter.

The young man, made aware of the law faculties, was subjected to personal and home searches at their home, where they were 12 grams of cocaine, 43 of hashish and 0,5 of marijuana were found, a switchblade soaked in narcotic substance used to package the substance and a precision electronic scale.

The contribution offered by the drug-sniffing dog Rilej, nicknamed “the caterpillar” who, thanks to his nose, allowed the operators to quickly discover the two ravines inside which the substance was kept. In fact, despite various attempts to hide the borsello containing the packaging material and the narcotic divided into doses, ready for use Retail, the four-legged friend's nose was so incisive as to detect any suspicious movement of the subject of interest.

Once the Ragusa Public Prosecutor's Office was notified, arrest orders were ordered for the arrested person arrest. Following the very direct judgment celebrated on the morning of February 28, the Court of Ragusa validated the arrest by ordering the measure of the obligation to reside in the municipality of residence.

Today's police operation falls within the scope of the external services that the Carabinieri carries out in the area on a daily basis to combat the shop of narcotic substances. In fact, although today the ways in which narcotics are sold have changed given the diffusion of social networks, the classic sales methods have not seen a downsizing, which is why citizens demand a perennial presence in the territory which the Army is called upon to diligently satisfy.