Turin: Young Italian man flees from station with 300g of Hashish arrested by State Police

A twenty-one-year-old man of Italian origins was arrested for possession of narcotics for the purpose of dealing and reported for resisting a public official.

A patrol from the Madonna di Campagna Police Station intervenes in the Borgo Vittoria area, where a robbery was reported.

While searching for the perpetrator, near the Rebaudengo/Fossata station, the officers noticed a person running in the direction of the station with a dog on a leash. The police officers decided to check the man to see if he was connected to the robbery, but the twenty-one-year-old ran down the stairs of the station, threw some material near a bin and dropped some cash on the ground. The young man was stopped shortly after by the police officers, who managed to stop him despite his resistance. During the fight, one of the operators was bitten by the dog, a Belgian Shepherd.

The officers recover the material thrown away by the man and They found 3 blocks of hashish weighing 300 grams.

The Turin Public Prosecutor's Office requested and obtained validation of the arrest.