Messina: Territory checks, more than 100 drivers checked

In Giardini Naxos (ME), the Carabinieri of the Taormina Company have set up a special control and patrol plan, even during night hours, aimed at ensuring the safety of citizens, with the aim of preventing and repressing any form of illegality, as well as verifying compliance with the Highway Code, with particular attention to the control of people who drive vehicles after having consumed alcoholic beverages.

During the service, they were more than 100 people and 50 vehicles were checked with the contestation of various violations of the Highway Code, also for conduct that seriously endangers the safety of motorists and pedestrians and the reporting of three individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol, one of whom was also reported because found in possession of a prohibited type of folding knife.

As part ofanti-drug activity, two young people have been reported to the Prefecture of Messina as users of narcotic substances, as they were found in possession of doses of marijuana and hashish held for personal use.

All the seized drugs were sent to the Carabinieri of the RIS of Messina for the relevant laboratory analyses.