Carabinieri arrested a 31-year-old man after a chase across Besnate, Gallarate and Cavaria con Premezzo, ending with the seizure of a 103-gram hashish block, a knife and almost 32,000 euros in cash. The incident started in Besnate, on Via Libertà, during a road checkpoint. The driver of a Fiat Panda, whose licence had been revoked, did not stop at the order and drove off. Police pursued the car through the streets of Besnate and the Cajello area of Gallarate, before bringing it to a halt in Cavaria con Premezzo. Officers said the man resisted when he was stopped. A search then turned up the drugs, the knife and cash just under 32,000 euros. The man is described as unemployed. He was arrested and spent the night in custody. According to Ticino Notizie, Carabinieri first ordered the driver to stop around 17:30 on 13 November while patrolling between Besnate and Cavaria con Premezzo in the province of Varese, but he sped away instead. The source said the man drove for about seven kilometres, seriously endangering other vehicles and pedestrians, including through Cavaria con Premezzo during peak traffic, before crashing and being blocked by officers. Ticino Notizie reported that officers searched the driver and the car after the crash and found several hundred euros in cash in his pockets and banknotes worth several thousand euros inside the vehicle. They also seized about 100 grams of hashish from the driver-side door area and found a knife. The man was taken to the station with support from a Carabinieri patrol from Gallarate’s Radiomobile unit and was arrested for resistance to a public official, possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing, and carrying an illegal weapon or offensive object. On Saturday morning, the man appeared before the Busto Arsizio court for a direct hearing. A judge ordered him not to return to the province of Varese and ordered him to report daily to the police judicial authority in a municipality in the province of Milan. Updated 14 November 2026: Ticino Notizie added details of the 13 November seven-kilometre chase, the crash near Cavaria con Premezzo, and the arrest and seizure update.