Porto Empedocle, threatens passers-by and pulls a knife at the police: arrested

Porto Empedocle (Agrigento), last 31 July 2021 in Porto Empedocle the Sato Police proceeded with the arrest of a Gambian citizen.

The men of the police station squad intervened in Via IV Novembre, where shortly before it had been reported on the "112 NUE" emergency line that a non-EU man was disturbing the patrons of a commercial business.

On site the operators noticed that the young non-EU citizen was harassing those present and at the sight of the uniformed staff he began to rail against the operators with an aggressive, threatening and intolerant behavior towards police control.

During the identification operations, the young man, with a sudden move, took a kitchen knife out of his trouser pocket.

He was promptly blocked by the officers who immobilized him, disarmed him and with great difficulty secured him with the handcuffs provided in order to safeguard his own safety and that of the people present.

The operators continued the personal search which led to the discovery of another knife with the blade soaked in a dark brown substance, a cleverly hidden precision scale, No. 2 blisters containing in each of them 2 2 mg tablets, found inside of the document holder and No. 4 heat-sealed cellophane wrappers, 2 of which are transparent and two are blue, containing a possibly narcotic substance of the "Hashish" type for a total weight of 22,666 g. XNUMX.

Therefore, considering the overall conduct carried out by the non-EU citizen and the serious indications of guilt, the non-EU citizen was arrested for the crimes of resisting a public official, illegal possession of edged weapons and possession of narcotic substances.

The operators also proceeded to seize two knives and the narcotic substance found.

At the disposal of the PM on duty, the man was associated with the prison in Gela.