The Prefecture of Messina coordinated the action of the police, which yesterday and in the days before carried out numerous checks on the private jetties and confiscated more than ten kilos of hashish in view of the Vasco Rossi concert in the city of the strait. 766 people were checked (two were arrested, 10 reported and 25 reported to the prefect as drug users). In addition, 331 vehicles were checked and foodstuffs of non-traceable origin offered for sale without authorization as well as various counterfeiting materials were confiscated.
The event, which has been defined as “the most impressive show ever organized in Sicily”, the Prefecture of Messina has, in recent months, carried out numerous and complex coordination actions by different institutional actors, bodies and police forces, in order to allow proper conduct of security and guarantee traffic flows that do not block traffic.
Over 320 stewards and hostesses provided by the organizer, 2 fire brigade teams and over 300 members of the police contributed to the security apparatus. The latter in particular have been engaged for the past few days. to ensure the sanitation of the stadium with the help of anti-sabotage bomb squads and an anti-bomber unit.
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