Carabinieri carried out a drug raid in the Trappeto district of Catania, arresting a 22-year-old man suspected of drug dealing. Officers stopped and searched the suspect after observing him in via Capo Passero. Police say they found 71 marijuana doses on him and recovered another 100 doses hidden on the roof of a garage. The operation was carried out by the Carabinieri Nucleo Operativo of the Catania Fontanarossa Company at the end of an information gathering investigation targeting the 22-year-old. In the late afternoon, two police teams set up observation services in the area behind a building with precarious structures used as garages and cellars. After a short wait, the suspect was seen approaching a garage and taking a bag from the roof, then hiding it under his jacket. When he noticed the Carabinieri, he tried to flee, but officers stopped him a few meters away using a device designed to prevent escape. During the search, police recovered 71 doses under the jacket. They then retrieved a further 100 doses at the spot where the first bag had been taken. All drugs were seized for laboratory analysis. The man was arrested based on the gathered evidence, which will be tested during later judicial steps. A judge ordered the precautionary measure of an obligation to stay put. The investigation is part of local territorial control and anti-drug services in areas considered more exposed to drug dealing, with the presumption of innocence remaining in place until a final conviction.