Italian police announced this Saturday that they had arrested 384 people and seized 1.4 tonnes of drugs as part of a large-scale operation against drug trafficking.
In addition to the arrests, the police placed “under investigation 655 individuals, including 39 minors, and confiscated 35 kilograms of cocaine and more than “40 firearms,” the police said in a press release.
The operation, concluded on Friday in several provinces, led to the temporary closure of five cannabis stores in three cities after 312 inspections.
During the checks, police said they seized 296 kilograms of marijuana products which, according to initial tests, were illegal drugs.
In June, Italy adopted a decree banning so-called “legal” cannabis and prohibiting the trade in “cannabis light,” or hemp, which, unlike marijuana, has no psychoactive effect.
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