Italian police said on Saturday โ(December 20, 2025) they had arrested โ384 people and seized โ1.4 tonnes โof drugs in a large-scale operation against drug trafficking.
In addition to the arrests, officers had put under investigation 655 โindividuals, including 39 minors, โ and confiscated 35 kg of cocaine and more than โ40 firearms, โ police said in a statement.
The operation, concluded on Friday in several provinces, โled to the temporary โclosure of five cannabis shops in โthree cities after 312 inspections.
During the checks, the โpolice said they had seized 296 kg of cannabis products, which initial tests had shown to be illegal drugs. Italy in June โ approved a security decree banning so-called โlegalโ cannabis โand outlawing the trade โ of โcannabis lightโ, or hemp, which unlike marijuana has no psychoactive effects.