Genoa, blanket checks: arrests, drugs and sanctions

The Prè Police Station, together with the Crime Prevention Unit, the anti-drug dog team, personnel from the Polfer of the Principe Station and the Army soldiers, coordinated a territorial control service in the historic center, monitoring the areas where significant critical issues have been recorded, due to the frequentation of drug dealers and users, subject of complaints received from citizens and associations. The area included between the Darsena, via Gramsci, vico Largo, Piazza della Commenda, via di Prè and the adjacent alleys, as well as the area in front of the Principe Metro station and the Flixbus terminus, was covered.

Near the entrance to the metro, the dog Leone reported a 44 year old local man in possession of two packages of cocaine, that a 29 year old, from outside the province, in possession of 8gr of hashish. Both were sanctioned by the Prefect in an administrative way for possession of a narcotic substance for personal use. In via Gramsci, a check was carried out un Moroccan of , recipient of a detention order issued by the Genoa Public Prosecutor's Office in recent weeks. He was arrested and taken to Marassi prison where he will have to serve a 6-month prison sentence.

Particular attention was also paid to the various “24-hour distributors” which, in that area, are often a meeting place for annoying individuals and those involved in illicit activities. Furthermore, the officers of the San Fruttuoso Police Station, at the Genova Nervi motorway exit, stopped a van that was driving with its headlights off, with two men on board local aged 47 and 52. During the check, both men seemed nervous, leading one to assume that they were hiding something; in fact, in the glove compartment there were some doses of cocaine were found, owned by the 47 year old, who was reported. In the western part of Genoa, staff intervened in Piazza Lerda following a report of a woman who was bothering customers bar; arrived on site They fined a 38-year-old Romanian woman for drunkenness.