Barriera di Milano Police Station
The Barriera Milano Public Security Police Station is a State Police office with jurisdiction over the Barriera di Milano neighbourhood and the northern area of Turin. The station's officers carry out routine neighbourhood policing, with particular attention to drug dealing in the area.
The November 2026 operation
In the days before 7 November 2026, officers from the Barriera Milano police station, during neighbourhood patrol duty, noticed a foreign national already known to police riding an electric scooter towards via Fossata. The man, a 25-year-old Moroccan national, was stopped while handing over drugs to a third party [1][2].
A subsequent personal search led to the discovery of 14 round-shaped and 6 rectangular-shaped blocks of hashish, with a total weight of more than two kilograms, as well as two sets of keys to two flats in the area [1][2]. In one of these flats officers found around 5 kilograms of hashish and 56 grams of cocaine, hidden in a chest in the living room, together with 2,370 euros in cash believed to be proceeds of the illegal activity [1][2].
Judicial outcome
The man, found to be in the country illegally, was arrested for drug possession for the purpose of dealing and, by order of the judicial authority, was taken to the Lorusso e Cutugno prison in Turin [1][2]. At the time of the arrest the criminal proceeding was in the preliminary investigation stage, with the presumption of innocence applying to the suspect pending any final verdict [1][2].
Chronology
- — The State Police arrested a 25-year-old man in Turin, found in possession of around 7 kilograms of drugs hidden in two flats in the northern area of the city. → Il Torinese Prima Torino
Sources
- Il Torinese — 9 November 2026
- Prima Torino — 8 November 2026