Pescopagano: Traveling with his 56-year-old mother and two blocks of hashish, 19-year-old arrested

With the Christmas holidays approaching, even more men and resources of the Carabinieri are engaged to ensure careful surveillance and a tangible fight against widespread illegality. As part of the broad system of extraordinary checks on the territory aimed, in particular, at to prevent predatory crimes and to repress those related to drugs, the Carabinieri of the Pescopagano Station proceeded to control of a small car driven by a 56-year-old woman and her 19-year-old son on board, originally from the province of Potenza but resident in Rome.

A car like many others, these days. A mother with her son and lots of luggage. From the very beginning, however, The military personnel of the Arma noticed something strange in the young man's behavior and decided to proceed with a vehicle search. during which they discovered well 2 blocks of hashish, weighing a total of 200 grams, hidden in the boy's travel bag.

At the end of the ritual formalities, the 19-year-old was declared under arrest and placed under house arrest at the home of some relatives, at the disposal of the Potenza Judicial Authority, while the narcotic substance was seized. The arrest was then validated by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Court of Potenza who ordered the accused, for whom the presumption of innocence applies until a final sentence of conviction, the precautionary measure of house arrest.

The result of the military of the Pescopagano Station testifies how the attention of the entire Provincial Carabinieri Command of Potenza is always very high on the entire territory of the province, from the capital to the smaller centers, also in consideration of the greater number of people and vehicles that in this holiday period populate the Lucanian streets. An incessant and necessary work so that for all citizens, these are truly Happy Holidays.