Drug dealing in Genoa, checks and two arrests by the local police
Genoa – When the agents of Narcotics Operations Group of the local police of Genoa blocked him, he was wearing 57 grams of heroin already divided into doses and 200 euros. But it was in the man’s house that a small treasure was found: more than three and a half ounces of heroin, almost 28 grams of cocaine and 3,455 euros in cash. The protagonist of this story is a Senegalese citizen, arrested for detention for drug dealing purposes by the agents in the Brignole area. The man is already known to the police forces and the measure of the prohibition of residence in the municipal area of Genoa and in that of the metropolitan city was already active against him before the arrest.
It is the latest blitz by the local police group to counter the drug dealing phenomenon, after the one on Monday evening, in the old port, where another Senegalese citizen was arrested. The agents, in collaboration with the carabinieri of the operational unit, they blocked him on an Amt bus while trying to sell a dose.
He had 51 wrappers on him: 14 of heroin and 38 of crack, for a total of 25 grams of these substances, and also 375 euros in cash. Money and drugs were seized. In the nightlife area of the historic center, also on Monday evening, a man was reported for possession of 21 grams of hashish and six people were reported to the Prefecture as consumers.