Copparo (Ferrara), Carabinieri and canine unit checks. 50-year-old found with drugs hidden in his backpack

During the day of Thursday 17 October, the Carabinieri of the Copparo Company, supported by colleagues from the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Ferrara and the Forestry Carabinieri Unit of Ferrara, They have implemented an extraordinary territorial control service in the municipalities of Copparo and Riva del Po, in order to combat drug-related crimes, with targeted checks on places and premises frequented by young people, such as parks, bus stations and schools..

In particular, specific checks were carried out at the Copparo bus station, where the military, supported by canine units of the Carabinieri of Torreglia (PD), they surprised a passenger, in possession of a narcotic substance.

The fifty-year-old resident of Ferrara, at the sight of the Carabinieri, had a nervous attitude and aroused the suspicion of the soldiers who, following an inspection, found twenty grams of marijuana and five of hashish, hidden in a backpack.

At the end of the routine checks, he was reported to the Este Prosecutor's Office for possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing.
However, there was no shortage of traffic checks in the hamlets of the affected towns, where numerous violations of the Highway Code were detected and in particular a withdrawal of a license for driving under the influence of alcohol.