Italy nabs 384 including minors, seize 1.4 tonnes of drugs in nationwide crackdown

Italian police said on Saturday ‍they had arrested 384 people and ‍seized 1.4 tonnes of drugs in a large-scale operation against drug trafficking.In addition to the arrests, ⁠officers had put under investigation 655 individuals, including 39 minors, and confiscated 35 kg of cocaine and more than 40 firearms, police said in a statement.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The operation, ‍concluded on Friday in several provinces, led to ‍the ‍temporary closure of ⁠five cannabis ‌shops in three ⁠cities after ‍312 inspections.During the checks, the police ⁠said they had seized 296 kg of cannabis ‌products which initial tests had shown to be illegal drugs. Italy in June approved a security decree ‍banning so-called “legal” cannabis and outlawing the trade of “cannabis light,” or hemp, which unlike marijuana has no psychoactive effects.Read more:Italy set to extend permission for military supplies to Ukraine, document shows