Carabinieri anti-drug operation in Turin (November 2026)
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The Turin Provincial Command of the Carabinieri carried out an extraordinary territorial control operation lasting seventy-two hours, aimed at countering drug dealing. Servicemen systematically patrolled both the historic and outlying districts of the Piedmontese capital and the municipalities of Turin's inner suburbs, carrying out seven arrests in flagrante delicto [1].
The arrests
During the operation, more than one thousand one hundred euros in cash, believed to be proceeds of the illicit activity, were seized, along with doses of crack, cocaine and hashish ready for retail sale [1].
In via Onorato Vigliani, the Nucleo Radiomobile (motorised patrol unit) arrested a 31-year-old man caught selling three doses of crack. At the corner of via Sandigliano and corso Giulio Cesare, the Nucleo Operativo Oltre Dora stopped a 37-year-old man while he was selling a dose of crack for five euros. In piazza Bengasi, the Borgata Lingotto station arrested an 18-year-old found in possession of seven and a half grams of cocaine, who was also charged with making a false statement to a public official and unlawful entry into national territory. In piazza Santa Giulia, the Po Vanchiglia station arrested another 18-year-old found in possession of eight grams of hashish in separate portions, cash and a fifteen-centimetre knife [1].
Body stuffing
The checks revealed the widespread practice of body stuffing, which consists of hastily swallowing heat-sealed packets of drugs at the moment of a check in order to destroy the evidence. Three of the seven people arrested resorted to this practice. In two cases, in the Barriera di Milano district and in the municipality of Collegno, the forced ingestion of the doses caused immediate illness, leading to emergency transport to the San Giovanni Bosco hospital and, under health isolation, radiographic monitoring in the detainees' ward of the Molinette hospital [1].
Sources
- Prima Torino — 7 November 2026