An army military patrol composed of personnel of the 183 "Parachute Regiment" Nembo "and engaged in the" Safe Roads "operation in the city of Prato, stopped and handed over to the Police, a man of Nigerian nationality accused of dealing of drugs.
Yesterday afternoon, during the surveillance tour near the Porta al Serraglio railway station, the military noticed an individual who was selling suspicious substances to two buyers.
The man at the sight of the patrol fled but, after a brief chase, was joined by the soldiers who managed to stop him and alerted the officers of the State Police who put the man in a state of arrest and transferred him to Police station for further investigations.
From the controls, the pusher was found in possession of 64 envelopes containing heroin, for a total weight of 56 grams, and small denomination notes for a value of approximately 300 €.
