Licata, marijuana seedlings among vegetables: a farmer reported

Licata, the State Police, during a specific investigative activity aimed at combating the cultivation and dealing of narcotic substances, during an inspection at an agricultural company, having justified reason to believe that inside the greenhouses used for the cultivation of vegetables there was concomitant cultivation of a narcotic substance, he proceeded to identify the owner of the plot.

The check allowed the men of the Licata PS police station to find inside a tunnel no. 5 plants of cannabis-type narcotic substance, in the growth phase, all planted in plastic buckets and hidden among the other tomato and pumpkin plants.

The subsequent weighing of the substance made it possible to ascertain that the narcotic found and seized had a total weight of kg. 1,450.

The farmer and owner of the greenhouses was reported at liberty to the AG for the crime of illegal cultivation of narcotic substances.

In recent days in Licata, the State Police, during targeted administrative checks aimed at verifying compliance with the legal provisions on the conduct and management of commercial activities, imposed an administrative fine.

The men of the Administrative Team of the Commissariat imposed a fine of 1.032 euros on the owner of the commercial business, as well as the holder of the licence, as she was not found present inside the commercial activity.

During a night check, the men from the Palma di Montechiaro police station noticed that the man they had stopped for a check shortly before exuded a strong winey breath and appeared nervous, so they proceeded with a personal search. A knife was found inside the lining of the jacket he was wearing, the possession and carrying of which was not justified.‑

The man, therefore, was referred to the competent AG for the crime of unjustified carrying of a knife.